... ring a meeting with entrepreneurs on Nov. 1, Xi stressed that the private economy would only get “stronger” and could not be “weakened”. He promised substantial tax cuts, lower funding costs, and a fa ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-09
... l be targeting pre-profit companies in specific emerging industries to raise funds, and only institutional investors can subscribe the shares. According to details unveiled by authorities, the new boa ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-07
MTR Corp. said its service on the Kwun Tong line was disrupted for several minutes on Tuesday afternoon after a 15-year-old female student was trapped between a train and the platform at Lam Tin Stati ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-07
Property plays are weak. Concerns about the lack of liquidity among developers is a key factor contributing to that weakness. Shortly after top developer Evergrande issued offshore bonds with a coupon ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-07
Top developer Evergrande Group recently sold US$1.5 billion worth of bonds with a coupon rate of over 13 percent, pushing up the yield of other bond issues from the same sector. Evergrande has reporte ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-06
... za in Sha Tin about three years ago. A similar "invasion" of cross-border tourists was seen during the recent Golden Week holidays at the Elements in Tsim Sha Tsui, following the inauguration of the h ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-05
... let was acting head of the Foreign Correspondents' Club when it hosted on Aug. 14 a luncheon speech by pro-independence activist Andy Chan Ho-tin in defiance of warnings from the government and pro-Be ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-02
... itburo meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, it was surprising that key words and phrases like deleveraging and housing market curbs were not mentioned at all, going by the statement r ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-02
Shenzhen authorities have vowed 10 billion yuan in assistance to bail out troubled listed firms. And various districts in China's capital city of Beijing have also unveiled similar measures to support ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-02
... rther boosting his wealth. Though Wong was able to build his own business empire and successfully had it listed, he then suffered badly from his stock investments, and was put behind bars for four yea ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-01
... ing, resulting in the worst single-day performance for the counter since it was listed in 2001. Moutai, considered a bellwether of China’s consumer stocks, is the premium white liquor brand in the cou ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-30
... say, pointing out that the discounts on Saturday and Sunday won't benefit millions of office-goers who had suffered the most on Oct. 16, when there was an unprecedented lengthy service breakdown on f ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-30
All 189 people on board an Indonesian airliner that crashed into the sea on Monday are feared dead, Reuters reports, citing officials. Lion Air flight JT610, an almost new Boeing 737 MAX 8, was trying ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-30
... of protecting such data. As big data specialist Herbert Chia said, in order to bring out the value of big data, one has to properly organize and analyze the data and define the parameters by which su ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-29
An Indonesian aircraft with 189 people on board crashed into the sea and sank on Monday soon after taking off from the capital, Jakarta, on a flight to a tin-mining region, Reuters reports, citing off ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-29
... an escalating trade war with the United States. Beijing has tried to soothe investor concerns and restore confidence in the private sector via tax cuts and a reduction in financing costs. By contrast ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-26
Beijing’s market rescue efforts fueled a rally in A shares and the Hong Kong market. It was short-lived, however. Both markets fell again on Tuesday, reflecting fragile market sentiment. President Xi ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-25
... the relisting plan shows its confidence in China’s A-share market and the economy. Li Hejun and his subsidiaries hold a 66.6 percent stake in Hanergy Thin Film. He needs to spend around HK$71 billion ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-24
... An escalating US-China trade war is believed to have contributed to the latest economic slowdown and stock market sell-off in China. But Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and several other influential acad ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-23
... lue, prompting some "forced selling". There are fears that such forced share sales could trigger a financial crisis. Amd this situation, China's Vice Premier Liu He, People's Bank of China (PBoC) gove ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-22
