... it's not beyond Ma to eat his words. At the annual gaming industry summit in Beijing on Wednesday, he dropped the bombshell that Alibaba would launch a mobile gaming platform, and, characteristically ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-09
Travel may be taking off in China but it may not reach its potential without more-open skies and a serious expansion of aviation infrastructure, so says one of the heads of Australian budget carrier J ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-08
... . A look beyond the conspiracy theories reveals a rationale behind Li's sales -- to shed businesses that no longer guarantee satisfactory returns and to reallocate resources to maximize earnings, acc ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-06
... of unrest beyond their control. On the economic front, the new team's avowed goal to venture into the sensitive areas of reform will be compounded by the slowing pace of economic growth. The official ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-03
... boldly go beyond the fringe into lower-tier centres? Some of the bigger names are taking the well-trodden path to consolidate their positions in major urban centers. The thinking is reflected in comm ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-03
... e we move beyond equities." In November, Beijing unveiled a raft of policy reforms after the party summit. Authorities pledged to free up interest rates further, brightening the prospects of the bond ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-02
... footprint beyond Greater China. "We've got all the preparatory work ready. The Singapore operations will be a hub for us to expand across Southeast Asia," Lin said. In addition, it will strengthen its ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-30
... year, way beyond the 1 percent gain in the benchmark Hang Seng Index in the same period, data at Morningstar Asia Ltd. showed. The higher return was mainly driven by gains from the stock markets in Ja ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-27
... business beyond the Taiwan dollar, the report said. -- Contact HKEJ at [email protected] KZ/MY/CG ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-26
... each well beyond the economy to be a party-led transformation of the 1.3 billion-strong nation. Chris Yeung is deputy chief editor of the Hong Kong Economic Journal. This column appears every Friday. ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-20
... l extends beyond investment and manufacturing. From 2002 to 2011, the value of China’s silver jewelry market grew 211 percent, according to the Silver Institute. Group president Kuang Yiping {鄺亦平}, a ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-18
... ld not go beyond the "bottom lines". Second, population growth in key metros will be subject to strict restrictions. Third, raising the plot ratio of land in existing cities will serve as a compromise ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-17
... expanded beyond Hong Kong. Singapore followed on the heels of London, as it was officially announced in the same month that the Lion City will obtain 50 billion yuan worth of quota under the scheme. ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-17
... arket cap beyond its wildest dreams -- US$3 billion. It's a typical story about the immense potential of internet companies in China. But in Autohome's case, the narrative is about a combination of a ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-13
... s looking beyond the horizon. It sent 26 of its senior managers to Canada for a one-year executive MBA program run by Ivey three years ago. Of the 26, 13 were later transferred overseas. “They specifi ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-11
... , looking beyond organic growth to boost its market share in China, a top executive said. "We normally buy no more than 20 percent stakes in the small players in the market, with each investment at ab ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-10
... e to look beyond a region's economic growth in reviewing performance is aimed at eliminating a common attitude among local officials to ignore the debt left behind by their predecessors or incur more ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-10
... o consume beyond a limit will have to pay higher prices. The move is expected to help lower the average per capita water consumption in the province by 11 percent, the report said. According to the pr ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-09
... s Looking beyond telecom network gear, ZTE plans to diversify mainland sales of its mobile phones. "The handsets we have sold in China were mainly through business-to-business channels. Our market sha ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-09
... business beyond securities and pave a way for the broker’s public listing, the report said. -- Contact HKEJ at [email protected] KZ/AC/SK ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-29
