Five years. That's how long China is giving itself to cut overcapacity in a range of industries regarded as some of the biggest obstacles to economic reform. To get there, Beijing has mapped out a rou ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-22
Premier Li Keqiang {李克強} has called for deeper economic reform and restructuring after economic growth rebounded in the third quarter, Xinhua news agency reported Sunday. Also, the government should s ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-21
Chinese leader Xi Jinping {習近平} has come under the public limelight this week amid a blitz of publicity on the 100th anniversary of the birthday of his late father, Communist Party elder Xi Zhongxun { ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-18
China's gross domestic product growth is likely to return to the 8 percent level in the first quarter next year amid a stabilizing domestic economy, some economists said, after the statistics bureau o ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-18
Chen Deming {陳德銘}, chairman of the mainland’s Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), is set to make an official visit to Taiwan as soon as November and will meet Wang Yuqi {王郁琦}, ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-18
The whole railway sector, including locomotive, train and axle makers, welcomed the news that China is pushing for a “rice for high-speed railway” trade with Thailand. China CNR Corp. (601299.CN) and ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-17
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Thursday, Oct. 17: TOP STORIES HKTV considers judicial review of free-TV l ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-17
He promoted it in the Thai Parliament. He promoted it in meetings with Thailand's prime minister. He promoted it at an exhibition in Bangkok. In his trip to the Southeast Asian nation earlier this mon ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-17
New Century Hotel Group, parent of New Century Real Estate Investment Trust (01275.HK), said the ratio of catering income from customers in the government sector to the group's revenue dropped to abou ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-16
China Securities Regulatory Commission chairman Xiao Gang {肖鋼} is calling for increased investor protection, saying the capital market is biased toward bigger companies, the official People's Daily re ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-16
The year 2013 has brought a lot of interference to the smart television market. Almost all leading domestic players have been engulfed in intense competition. TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Ltd. ( ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-16
Premier Li Keqiang {李克強} underscored China's capacity to keep the country's consumer price index to around 3.5 percent this year, Xinhua reported Tuesday. On a state visit to Vietnam, Li said the 3.1 ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-16
The China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) will help Taiwan insurers meet their capital needs to expand in the mainland, although the issue of whether to raise the ceiling for their cross-strait ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-16
(Recasts headline and lead, adds analyst comments) China and Britain on Tuesday signed agreements on 80 billion yuan (US$13.1 billion) of quotas under the renminbi qualified foreign institutional inve ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-15
Britain will make it easier for Chinese banks to set up branches in London, another step toward turning the country into a financial investment hub for Asia's biggest economy, Chinese media reported T ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-15
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Tuesday, Oct. 15: TOP STORIES Time for Hong Kong to rethink dollar peg, Da ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-15
This week's weak export data reflect the grim fact that cheap made-in-China products, which drove the country's decades-long breakneck expansion in foreign trade, are losing their appeal overseas. No ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-15
Premier Li Keqiang {李克强} is promoting China’s home-grown high-speed-rail technology during his state visit to Thailand, Business Today reported Monday. The technology is advanced, safe, reliable and c ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-14
Packaging machinery manufacturer Chinese Peixin International Group has become the first Chinese firm to list on Poland's Warsaw Stock Exchange, the Securities Times reported Friday. Peixin offered 1 ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-11
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Friday, Oct. 11: TOP STORIES Alibaba decides not to list in Hong Kong Alib ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-11
