... of their Western counterparts. For example, in most European countries, there are roughly 30 doctors for every 1,000 patients; in Nigeria, that ratio is closer to 4:100,000. Given such divergences, i ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-09
... d for 280 Western medicines and 250 Chinese patent drugs, the National Development and Reform Commission said in a statement. The move will allow producers to set prices based on production costs and ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-08
... gthen its western-bank image while undermining its Hong Kong characteristics, Bill Mak Sui-choi, associate professor of the Department of Finance and Decision Sciences at Hong Kong Baptist University, ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-08
... ntral and western regional infrastructure. It has also implemented a "discriminatory" credit easing policy by cutting bank reserve requirement ratios (RRR) for qualified rural banks only. Arguably, th ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-08
... iddle and western parts of Africa. In 2009, China Railway Construction landed a light rail project in Mecca, Saudi Arabia for US$1.77 billion, although it announced a year later the project has result ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-07
... port said western hostile forces have taken a diversified, expanded and covert approach in China, including infiltrating missionary activities. Violent assailants involved in terrorist attacks last ye ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-07
... gion, and Western sanctions have further unnerved already skittish investors. From 2002 to 2007, and again after the global financial crisis in 2008-2009, capital flows to emerging economies surged, a ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-05
The revolution in Ukraine and Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea have generated a serious security crisis in Europe. But, with Western leaders testing a new kind of financial warfare, the situation ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-05
... hicle. In Western countries like the US, the RV lifestyle is already very popular among senior citizens. Some retirees even sell their houses and travel in RVs all year long. In China, the RV culture ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-02
... se in the Western markets and its vast retail presence to negotiate better deals with landlords and other suppliers. The opportunities presented by the tie-up notwithstanding, L Capital Asia is prima ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-02
... plicating western buildings is not rare in China -- there are reproductions of the Eiffel Tower, London's Tower Bridge and an Austrian-style town, just to name a few. The university is set to admit st ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-02
The United States is putting up US$5 million for the arrest of a Chinese businessman accused of selling ballistic missile parts to Iran, in violation of western sanctions, the Wall Street Journal repo ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-30
... from the Western countries. -- Contact the writer at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-30
... o the way Western banks apply risk weights to assets under the Basel III international banking standards. The logic behind letting big banks participate more in calculating their regulatory capital is ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-29
... houses in western China, including major cities such as Xi'an and Chongqing, to grab opportunities in the country's growing logistics industry, Pearce told the newspaper, noting that the sector's outl ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-29
... ntral and western regions, linking the coast with the inland areas, and has unique strengths and huge potential in spurring economic growth, Li was quoted as saying. The plan can provide huge new deve ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-29
... o counter western influence on Chinese culture. The government already limits western movie imports and TV programs but left video streaming of these shows largely untouched until now. President Xi Ji ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-28
... ntral and western regions. China Railway Corp. has increased the number of construction projects this year to 48 from 44 originally, and will raise its fixed-asset investment to 720 billion yuan (US$ ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-28
... as US and Western European nations. Getting TMall to be accepted in US and Europe could be an uphill battle for Alibaba Group, given that foreign governments have a negative impression of the e-commer ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-25
... tourism, western backpackers found that marijuana was available in the bars, restaurants and coffee shops of Dali, Lijiang and other cities in Yunnan. Dealers and traders obtained supplies and sold t ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-23
