The CP Group of Thailand was the first foreign investor in China after Beijing opened its doors to overseas investment in 1978. Today, the conglomerate is the largest overseas Chinese investor in the ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-02
At least 23 companies listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges are scheduled to release restricted stocks worth 37.1 billion yuan (US$6.05 billion) this week, more than double the amount in ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-02
Hong Kong stocks closed an up-and-down day marginally lower Thursday, despite gains in the coal and property sectors. The Hang Seng Index hit a two-year high in the morning but retreated soon after to ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-28
Local authorities in cities with runaway home prices have been summoned by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and urged to "do something" to rein in the market, according to the mainl ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-28
Authorities in the Qianhai economic zone in Shenzhen sold on Wednesday two commercial sites in the special zone for a combined 4.06 billion yuan (US$662.8 million), according to the Shenzhen Land and ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-28
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Thursday, Nov. 28: TOP STORIES Another senior official resigns, hitting Le ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-28
Cement plays starred Wednesday as Hong Kong stocks closed marginally higher, tracking gains in Shanghai. The Hang Seng Index added 0.55 percent to finish at 23,812 points. The Hang Seng China Enterpri ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-27
Hong Kong's benchmark index took a breather on Tuesday after surging more than 600 points in the previous session, but market sentiment remained positive. The Hang Seng Index ended the day 2 points or ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-19
Hit by an onslaught of e-commerce players on one side and mounting rental costs on the other, traditional retailers in China are having a tough time. Companies are being forced to redraw their strateg ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-18
Take a hot, humid summer and throw in a beer -- you get the kind of numbers investors drink to. In the case of China Resources Enterprise (CRE) (00291.HK), it was a 36 percent increase in third-quarte ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-18
Hong Kong stocks rebounded Thursday, cheered by news the United States will not taper its bond buying program any sooner than expected. The benchmark Hang Seng Index edged up 0.82 percent to close at ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-14
Hong Kong’s benchmark index ended the week on a fifth straight day of declines as investors waited for Saturday's start to a key Communist Party gathering and fretted that economic growth could mean t ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-08
Hong Kong's benchmark index fell for the fourth day in a row on Thursday as the market waited for direction from overseas. The European Central Bank will have its policy meeting on Thursday, while the ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-07
Two well-known supermarket chains in Beijing and Shanghai -- Beijing Jingkelong (00814.HK) and Lianhua Supermarket (00980.HK) -- continued to perform poorly in the third quarter, leading to nearly 50 ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-06
When Beijing recently reiterated its policy stance to rein in runaway home prices in most of the nation’s urban centers, Wenzhou -- a barometer of China’s private economy and the epitome of realty spe ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-05
The Hong Kong stock market struggled for direction Monday as investors waited for HSBC (00005.HK) to release its quarterly report card. The benchmark index Heng Sang Index dropped 0.26 percent, or 60 ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-04
China Resources Enterprise Ltd. (00291.HK) on Wednesday won a commercial land plot in Hangzhou’s Xiaoshan district for 842 million yuan (US$138.17 million), news website caijing.com reported. The deal ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-31
The Ministry of Finance issued 630 million yuan (US$103.52 million) in annual subsidies last week to cover disposal of waste electronic products, funding that has grown 20 percent a year on average, X ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-29
China’s huge and fast-growing consumer market has been a powerful magnet that attracts lots of foreign investment. While offering huge potential, this market, however, is also very tricky. “Sourcing” ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-16
Power plays weakened Thursday on reports that Chinese authorities are planning to slash thermal power on-grid electricity tariffs in different provinces, including Guizhou, Tianjin, Fujian and Jiangsu ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-11
