China will continue build structures on disputed islands in the South China Sea, regardless of foreign opposition. Navy chief Adm. Wu Shengli told his visiting US counterpart, Adm. John Richardson, th ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
... rocketing land prices. That may exert a drag on economic growth. The authorities are likely to ramp up public spending to offset dropping private investment and the cooling property sector. The broad ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-18
... reckless land clearance and over-harvesting have taken an irreversible toll on the natural environment, resulting in large-scale pollution, widespread soil erosion and desertification across the coun ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-15
... Spratly Islands, claimed in whole by China, Vietnam and Taiwan and in part by the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei, were technically speaking islands but were either low-tide elevations with no territ ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-14
Apart from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands, also bearing the impact of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union is the tiny British overseas territory of Gib ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-14
China is refocusing its territorial claims in the South China Sea to land resources after an international tribunal rejected its historic rights to disputed waters. The State Council, China's cabinet, ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-14
Investors are increasingly wary of political risks amid integration between Hong Kong and mainland markets. For example, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has taken on Link REIT (00823.HK). But the sh ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-13
England will find itself out on a limb if Scotland and Northern Ireland decide to split from the United Kingdom following the Brexit vote. If the break-up happens, UK will cease to be a genuine global ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-13
Chinese developers have been slowing their land buying in Hong Kong, joining their local counterparts in sitting out a slump in the property market. Bloomberg is reporting that mainland developers who ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-13
... many mainland developers have improved their debt structure by issuing more bonds onshore. Agile Property (03383.HK), KWG Property (01813.HK), Evergrande Real Estate Group (03333.HK), Greentown China ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-12
... ng Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories was 278, 171 and 597 kilometers respectively. By 2014 the total mileage reached 442 km on Hong Kong Island, 466 km in Kowloon, and 2,095 km in the New T ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-12
... rmark the land for a private residential project. According to the plan, a car park will be built underground, and bus terminal on the ground level. The land use will be changed so that it can be used ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-11
... e finding land to build homes, not unlike Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. Khan's campaign website shows a target of at least 80,000 new homes a year but he insists he has never set a specif ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
... orrowers. Land Registry records show that Lau, his wife Stella Lau, principal of Diocesan Girls’ School, and their daughter Queenie Lau, bought two flats in Argyle Street and Waterloo Road for HK$6.18 ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
... m the mainland last month that some unknown people had been tailing him. Lam told the media that he might consider moving to Taiwan if he continues to fear for his safety or if the situation becomes s ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-07
... years of land supply shortage. The government has been tightening its safeguards against property speculation since 2010. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has had seven rounds of mortgage tightening. ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-04
... valuable land atop Shenzhen subway stations. But the plan angered shareholders, The Wall Street Journal reports. Baoneng, which owns a 24 percent stake in Vanke, requested late Sunday an extraordinar ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-28
Not so long ago, the notion of the European Central Bank handing out money to governments or directly to citizens – so-called “helicopter money” drops – would have seemed outlandish. But today a surpr ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-27
... r illegal land grabs forced the Guangdong authorities to back off after arrests and a police siege failed to quell the mass action. The provincial government later admitted the existence of illegal la ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-24
... illagers' land by corrupt party officials. The villagers firmly believe that Lin is innocent and that authorities are trying to frame him on false charges, punishing him for having led an uprising fiv ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-24
