Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong {劉延東} on Thursday canceled a meeting with a delegation of Japanese legislators in Beijing after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the controversial Yasukuni S ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-27
China faces a difficult task in managing the aftermath of its massive urbanization program, with hundreds of millions of people expected to be left in the countryside. The challenge is to turn what's ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-23
Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV) (01137.HK) soared Friday as investors cheered Friday's announcement by chairman Ricky Wong {王維基} that the company will launch internet TV services. The announcement ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-23
Li Dongsheng {李東生}, China's Vice Minister of Public Security, has been placed under investigation for serious violation of laws and party discipline, the ruling Communist Party's Central Commission fo ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-23
Hong Kong should change its stock market listing rules to incorporate either a five-year-term requirement for company directors or a dual-class share structure with limited board rights if the city wa ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-23
China's first-ever Central Urbanization Work Conference, held in Beijing last week, has laid out some far-reaching guidelines on urban planning going forward. To enhance the population bearing capacit ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-20
China may set up more free trade zones in cities along the Silk Road economic belt (SREB) and the Maritime Silk Road, the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) said in a statement Wednesday. In September, Presid ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-19
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang {李克強} has called for increased investment and innovative methods to support key environmental protection projects, Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday. Li told a regular S ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-19
China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) chief accountant Wen Qingshan {溫青山} has been detained for questioning in a corruption investigation, a mainland media report said Monday, citing sources from the ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-18
Zhang Yi {張毅}, vice chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), may have been elevated to the chairman's post at the state-owned assets regulator, China Busin ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-18
Leading silver refiner China Silver Group (00815.HK) is optimistic its online and offline shift into retail will generate profit as early as next year as demand for jewelry using the precious metal gr ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-18
Soon after Wang Jianlin {王健林} began testing the e-commerce waters, his Wanda Group, China’s biggest private property owner, launched an online-to-offline (O2O) web portal and a mobile app called Wanhu ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-17
People's Bank of China (PBoC) governor Zhou Xiaochuan {周小川} said interest-rate spreads in China may narrow with financial reforms, although the extent of the change may be smaller than anticipated, th ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-17
Hong Kong is well placed to maintain its position as the prime offshore hub for the Chinese currency as the city has more experience in the business than rivals such as Singapore, according to GF Inte ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-17
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou { 馬英九} said the island's cabinet should complete the planning for the free economic demonstration zones by the year-end, United Daily News reported Sunday, citing Ma Weik ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-16
China Securities Regulatory Commission chairman Xiao Gang {肖鋼} has called on his deputies to make substantial gains in financial reform next year, the Shanghai Securities News reported Monday. Address ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-16
BYD (01211.HK) is not having much success convincing Chinese motorists to buy its electric sedans. Price is a big part of the reason and lack of charging stations makes the vehicles practically a non- ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-16
Remember the 100 million yuan bet Alibaba founder Jack Ma {馬雲} made against Wanda boss Wang Jianlin {王健林} that e-commerce would soon account for half of China's retail sales? The stakes have gone up t ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-16
Urbanization initiatives will require 25 trillion yuan (US$4.12 trillion) capital outlay in the next three years, the National Business Daily reported Monday, citing sources from China Development Ban ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-16
China will kick off reform of the permanent residency, or the so-called "hukou", system nationwide next year, with the government hoping that the move will stimulate economic growth in small and mid-s ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-16
