... es as the island opens its service sector to the mainland, the report said. -- Contact HKEJ at [email protected] TL/AC/CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-11
... d Pingtan Island for the scheme, with the aim of making the arrangements reciprocal by 2017. Fujian has been adding more piers for cargo and passenger vessels to handle the extra traffic expected to o ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-11
Chinese companies searching for cheap cash have been turning to Taiwan's banks, sending borrowing costs in the island surging to their highest in three years, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-07
... ngqin, an island off Guangdong separated from the gaming enclave by the Pearl River estuary, the report said. Meanwhile, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge project is moving smoothly toward a scheduled ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-06
... ed to the island's 39 banks rose by NT$352.1 billion in January to NT$24.01 trillion. But the banks' non-performing loan total fell by NT$2.5 billion as of end-January, shrinking the non-performing lo ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-05
Teledifusao de Macau S.A. (TDM), the sole public television broadcaster in the world's top gambling hub, is unlikely to shift its operational base to Hengqin Island in neighboring Zhuhai, given concer ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-05
... ed in the island’s new free economic demonstration zone and will begin operations at the end of the month. The push is designed to encourage high-net-worth Taiwanese to repatriate funds back to the is ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-04
The failure of Taiwan's parliament to enact a cross-strait service trade deal inked in June has slowed the expansion of the island's banks on the mainland, the Economic Daily News reported Monday. Tai ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-03
Taiwan could see 100 billion yuan (US$16.3 billion) worth of investments flow to mainland China as soon as the island's parliament passes the cross-strait service trade deal that was inked in June las ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-28
Hainan government has signed a preliminary agreement with Alibaba Holdings to jointly develop the southern island province's pilot area for international tourism into a digital internet city, the Nati ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-28
... Hong Kong Island at around 10:20 a.m. on Wednesday. He sustained six stab wounds and was brought to a hospital in critical condition, according to Hong Kong police. The suspect fled on a motorcycle wi ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-27
Taiwan's China Airlines Ltd. and Eva Airways Corp. called on Chinese regulators to allow mainland air travelers to take flight transfers on the island for travel to the United States, Europe and South ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-20
Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) rolled out five measures Wednesday to help the island's brokerages to expand their business in Asia, Economic Daily News reported Thursday. The measures ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-20
Taiwan's national debt reached a record NT$5.46 trillion (US$180.5 billion) in January, nearly 37 percent of the island's annual gross domestic product. That was equal to NT$234,000 for each member of ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-20
... iting the island's Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics. The statistics administration also said Tuesday that it believes export growth this year could be 3.3 percent, against an e ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-19
... that the island is a genuine democracy. Meanwhile, trust needs to be developed between the two sides. Taiwan, to ensure its economic survival, is seeking participation in regional trade bodies such a ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-19
Taikang Life Insurance Corp. Ltd. will invest 759 million yuan (US$125.145 million) to buy a 230-mu (15.33 hectares) land plot in Hainan province's Sanya island to build a high-end elderly home, marki ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-18
A number of development projects at Hangzhou's Qiandao Lake (Thousand Island Lake), previously suspended to preserve the tourist spot's fragile ecosystem, have reportedly resumed construction, prompti ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-17
... ds in the island may be adjusted, Tseng was quoted as saying. He said Taiwanese firms operating in the mainland are keen to sell baodao bonds. Meanwhile, a secondary market will be created for general ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-12
... he entire island, only 17.8 percent of young people had bought their own homes. What explains this disconnect between the incomes of the majority and rising property prices? Taiwan has one of the worl ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-12
