With the Leung Chun-ying administration deciding not to renew the license of Asia Television (ATV), it seems to be curtains finally for Hong Kong's oldest and pioneering broadcaster. Barring a miracle ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
The key issue this year is that oil prices have slumped 60 percent since the second half of last year. This has eased global inflation pressure and paved the way for rate cuts by several major central ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-26
China's GDP growth is likely to moderate to below 7 percent in the first quarter of this year, which would pave the way for further monetary easing. And Beijing's push of the "One Belt One Road" strat ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-24
China Merchants Bank (CMB, 03968.HK), the mainland’s sixth largest commercial lender by assets, said it will consider spinning off businesses such as wealth management and credit card operations. Any ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
The high-profile hongbao promotions over the Lunar New Year holiday, in which online finance firms highlighted the ease of transferring cash over their platforms, helped stoke internet fever on the A- ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-04
The proportion of women on the boards of the companies on the Hang Seng Index (HSI) has risen to 11.1 percent this year from 9.6 percent last year. It is the highest ratio in five years but still fall ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
A new round of Chinese telecom industry restructuring, rumors of which sent share prices of leading players higher on Thursday, is unlikely to happen this year, according to an analyst in Hong Kong. A ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
Beijing's land market remains hot, with five plots sold at record prices within three days in 2015, China Daily reported. On Wednesday, a consortium comprising China Resources Land and Ping An Real Es ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-09
The A-share market is set to step into a massive bubble phase if authorities continue to stay on the sidelines. This could trigger a real disaster economically and politically. At this stage, a “vicio ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-07
Shanghai's main stock index could hit the 3,500-points mark within the first quarter of 2015 as the Chinese central bank has joined global peers in injecting more liquidity into the system, helping of ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-30
China's central bank is likely to cut interest rates and the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for commercial banks across the board to boost liquidity in the coming year, China International Capital Co ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
Illegal structures have been found in the Bank of America Tower in Hong Kong's central business district, posing a fire safety hazard. The Buildings Department has ordered the bank to remove the struc ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
Everyone knows the Chinese Central Government’s Liaison Office exerts a lot of influence over how Hong Kong is run, but not too many people realize that it is also a heavyweight player in the local pr ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
Food companies in China have to reinvent the way they communicate their products to their customers, a study of authentic brand shows. American fast food chain KFC tops the list of the most authentic ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-18
Hong Kong people’s confidence in the “one country, two systems” principle has plummeted following a series of moves by the central government that were seen as threats to the city's freedoms. In a sur ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-06
CAR Inc., previously known as China Auto Rental Inc., has kicked off its initial public offering in Hong Kong. The Beijing-based firm, which is backed by private-equity firm Warburg Pincus and US car ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-05
Qianhai has been envisioned as “a special zone within a special zone” in the southern city of Shenzhen, a strategic hub that will foster deeper collaboration between Hong Kong and mainland China in th ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-03
A vice mayor of a northern city in the mainland was blocked on his way out of the office by some angry contractors after the municipal government defaulted on the payment for an expressway project ear ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-08
Minmetals Land Ltd. (00230.HK), a real-estate arm of China Minmetals Corp., expects to acquire one million square meters of land within the next five months by spending about 5 billion yuan (US$810 mi ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-04
China's move to allow the establishment of private banks is the most important development in the country's financial sector, if not the whole economic field, so far this year. The landmark decision w ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-31
