Chinese authorities have launched an investigation into the former chairman of several state-owned enterprises amid the government's stepped-up campaign against corruption, the Wall Street Journal rep ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-30
... r cut its target number of stores for the snacks and groceries division for end-2014 to 240, from a previous goal of 300. CEC made the decision as it believes it can achieve its development goal throu ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-30
... o are the target viewers of TVB -- Hong Kong-born people or mainland immigrants? Is there any hidden government agenda that mainlanders must be treated sympathetically? The confrontation between Hong ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-29
China’s “naked officials” are feeling the heat from the Communist Party’s stepped-up campaign against corruption as investigators target cadres whose spouses and children live abroad. The suspicion is ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-29
... w team to target commercial clients, the report said, citing tech.sina.com.cn. Tencent is said to have poured 3 billion yuan (US$484.84 million) into the business which is expected to come on stream i ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-29
... fluential target and has been subject to both direct and indirect intervention from Beijing -- so much so that major corporations in Hong Kong no longer place advertisements in the city's second-bigge ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-28
... ll mainly target individuals and smaller businesses, according to China Banking Regulatory Commission chairman Shang Fulin. Contrary to media speculation, the lender will not be called Penguin Bank. ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-25
... id. ZTE's target is to sell 60 million handsets this year, 80 million the following year and 100 million in 2016. Zeng said the company's supply chain and cost controls drove the phonemaker's competit ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-25
China will need to do more to stimulate its economy if it's to meet the government’s 7.5 percent growth target this year, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. In a Bloomberg News survey of 22 analysts, 14 sa ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-23
... difficult target even during its heyday, and probably almost impossible after Miyazaki retired last September. The Wind Rises, Miyazaki's last film, made 10 billion yen worldwide, but that money was s ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-23
WH Group, the world’s largest pork producer, is set to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Aug. 5, after lowering its share price to HK$6.20 each, far below its previous target of at least HK$8, ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-22
Ding! Ding! And the bell has sounded on a new smear campaign by the pro-Beijing camp against the pan-democrats. The latest target is Next Media chairman Jimmy Lai over his support for the opposition c ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-22
... the 2014 target for taxes and profits at 1.03 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8 percent. In recent comments, Ling said: “It will be very hard to meet the 2104 target. In a year when the eco ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-22
... intended target -- Hong Kong Chief Secretary Carrie Lam. Lam said she could not see the connection, according to Metro Daily, but it was she who inspired Civic Party legislator Claudia Mo to try to m ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-22
... ieves who target other passengers during flights -- started becoming a real problem in Hong Kong in 2011, when 21 cases of theft were reported on outbound flights. That number rose to 71 in 2012 befor ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-21
... ny of the target families are in coastal areas. Ningbo, for instance, has more than 100 families above that level. Preserving family wealth is a major goal of the service, ensuring a smooth succession ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-18
... olia as a target of the government’s anti-corruption campaign. Although his public appearance confirms he is not being held, observers noted that he did not have bodyguards and his clothes were wrinkl ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-18
... rs, this “targeted loosening” approach is expected to become the norm if economic growth slows again. A central bank official has also said cuts in reserve ratio and interest rates are necessary to st ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-17
A new taxi scam targeting foreigners have been reported recently, with the majority of victims being pub-goers in Lan Kwai Fong in Central and Wan Chai. This is how the trick works: A foreigner hops i ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-17
... , and its target this year is to double the figure to 100. According to China’s regulations, individual car owners are barred from making money from their cars. That means Uber has to abandon its curr ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-16