... da Cinema makes up just 6.65 percent of its overall operational costs last year. The unique site selection strategy to open the plazas in the central locations in lower-tier cities and in major commut ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-24
... ines what makes SOEs breeding grounds for corruption. To begin with, SOEs have a corporate structure that breeds conflict of interest. A reshuffle of senior cadres often leads to regulators being appo ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-23
... s sacking makes him the shortest-serving manager of Manchester United in 82 years. The 50-year-old Scot led Manchester United to 51 games, pulling down 27 wins, nine draws and 15 losses, a winning pe ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-23
... vinced it makes for good singers. If residents and visitors needed any further persuading of Hong Kong's assets, CNN listed safety, efficient public transport, low salaries taxes and the skills of dar ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-23
They look and sound a lot like Top Gun but this time the star of the shows is China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning. Aviation Industry Corp. of China, which refitted the 67,500-ton ex-Soviet ai ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-22
... and this makes enforcement slow and ineffective. While Beijing as recently as last year insisted that climate change was to blame for rivers running dry, authorities are at least making moves to make ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-22
... pplicants makes it at any one time -- competition is arguably fiercer than in China’s college entrance examination. Under China’s hukou (household registration) system, children with Hong Kong permane ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-22
Build it, flog it online and they will come. That is the basic concept behind the latest e-commerce iteration known as O2O (online-to-offline). Businesses are increasingly embracing O2O to drive onlin ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-22
... ory. This makes China a unique spot for long-term investors to start gaining exposure to Chinese assets during its transition with short-term pain for long-term gains. -- Contact us at [email protected] ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-17
... a company makes the move to the main board. According to the survey, more than two-thirds the respondents would either not buy or apply a discount of between 5 percent and 50 percent to Alibaba shares ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-15
... dle as it makes a move offshore. For one, WeChat users in Hong Kong can so far only use the app as communication tool; the payment function is off-limits. The problem illustrates the difficulty in coo ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-15
... nc. which makes robots for the United States defense department. Google could connect Titan to other applications such as robotics and mapping services, an industry analyst was quoted as saying. -- Co ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-15
... e a judge makes a pronouncement," Ronny Tong Ka-wah, a Civic Party legislator, told the Apple Daily. Tong also said it is hard to understand why Ma, a co-founder of Oriental Daily News, had applied fo ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-15
The United States is hoping to attract more investments from Hong Kong and China by launching a first-of-its-kind roadshow this week in various cities in the Pearl River Delta, a region well-known for ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-14
Tycoon Li Ka-shing is known for his constant drive for better efficiency and profitability. Fortune REIT (00778.HK), although only a tiny part of Li's business empire, lives up to that reputation. For ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-09
... et search makes it a strong competitor in the online fund sales market, Guan Qingyou, vice director of Minsheng Securities’ Research Institute, was quoted as saying. -- Contact HKEJ at digest@ejinsigh ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-04
... cials. It makes the traders a prey to criminal gangs who attack them when they carry large sums of cash. “We have managed to improve the Chinese economy,” said Alexandre Maline, vice governor of the r ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-02
... ons. That makes the battle over third-party online payment services a proxy war over internet finance and for the hearts and minds of bank depositors. Jack Ma is fighting a bigger one. He envisions ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-02
Harbin Bank shares were flat on their trading debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Monday after a rocky initial public offering, the Wall Street Journal reported. The mainland lender closed the mo ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-31
... firms, it makes sense for the central leadership to bolster the stock markets while capturing funds to support the restructuring of SOEs. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-28