Picture this: Big cities heaving with people, nothing to build on. That is apparently the future for urban centers with five million people or more, according to reports attributed to Land and Resourc ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-14
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Tuesday, Jan. 14: TOP STORIES Retailers see non-staple food prices up over ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-14
As China pursues its economic reforms, the need to closely monitor the use of public funds cannot be over-emphasized. Government programs aimed at raising the people's living standards will not succee ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-14
One of the major concerns in the property market before the Lunar New Year is the possible impact of tight credit on the sector. Mortgages are the first to suffer as Chinese lenders tighten lending an ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-13
The Ministry of Land and Resources has denied any plans to stop approvals for new land supply in cities with five million people or more, China Business News reported Monday, citing an official weibo ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-13
China will continue to enhance support for the green vehicle industry in a bid to make the sector a new economic growth engine, Vice Premier Ma Kai {馬凱} said late last week. Boosting the new energy ve ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-13
Chile, the world's largest exporter of copper, is seeking to diversify its exports to China by adding seafood, fruits and red wine to its traditional shipments of copper to the Asian economic giant, a ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-13
The value of China’s exports rose 7.9 percent year on year to 13.72 trillion yuan (US$2.21 trillion) in 2013, General Administration of Customs spokesman Zheng Yuesheng {鄭躍聲} said Friday. Imports were ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-10
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Friday, Jan. 10: TOP STORIES StanChart to merge wholesale, consumer bankin ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-10
President Xi Jinping {習近平} is fighting an uphill battle against corruption, throwing everything in his power into the nascent campaign, sparing no one. If nothing else, he has the Communist Party syst ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-10
Government-backed China Railway Group Ltd. (CRG) (601390.CN, 00390.HK) has offered to invest in Britain’s railways by financing and building links to a new Birmingham station on the high-speed HS2 net ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-09
Foreign Minister Wang Yi {王毅} urged Japanese leaders to respect human conscience and uphold international justice in their dealings with other countries, according to a transcript of the Chinese offic ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-09
The central government has raised the pension plan by 10 percent from January this year, the State Council said in a statement after a weekly meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang {李克強} on Wednesday. ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-09
China is stepping up efforts to curb the worsening air pollution problem, particularly the very visible scourge of smog in several major cities, which resulted from decades of rapid economic growth. T ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-09
Alibaba Group has announced the launch of its own mobile games platform, putting an end to the monopoly era of internet giant Tencent Holdings (00700.HK) in that key segment. Alibaba's entry into the ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-08
China will establish a work group led by President Xi Jinping {習近平} to handle issues related to informatization and internet information security, Sing Tao Daily reported Wednesday, citing a Twitter m ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-08
Hong Kong media mogul and philanthropist Sir Run Run Shaw {邵逸夫} passed away Tuesday morning at the age of 107, Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB, 00511.HK) said. He died in his home at 6:55 a.m., accord ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-08
People's Bank of China deputy governor Pan Gongsheng {潘功勝} said a market-driven, regulated financing system is necessary to support the long-term capital needs of China's urbanization program, China S ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-08
Guangdong, China’s largest provincial economy, is throwing down the GDP gauntlet to some of the world’s key economies. Initial figures from the province’s reform and development commission reveal that ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-07
Hong Kong media mogul and philanthropist Sir Run Run Shaw {邵逸夫} passed away Tuesday morning at the age of 107, Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB, 00511.HK) said. He died in his home at 6:55 a.m., accord ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-07
