A real-estate agent in Detroit picked up the telephone and heard an unusual request from a customer in China. "I want to buy 100-200 homes. I have no time to see them. You see them on my behalf and bu ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-08
Chinese listed firms received a total of 77 billion yuan (US$12.3 billion) in subsidies last year from different agencies of the government, enabling some loss-making companies to swing to a profit. T ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-28
Purchases of new homes, excluding government-subsidized affordable housing, in Shanghai surged 45.1 percent to 288,500 square meters last week, the highest seven-day volume registered in the city sinc ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-01
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Thursday, Feb. 13: TOP STORIES Nan Fung pays 12-year-low unit price for ho ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-13
Regulators in the United States have widened their investigation into the hiring practices of leading Wall Street firms in China, Bloomberg News said Monday, citing a report by the New York Times. Gol ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-09
In early December, Prime Minister David Cameron will lead a large British trade delegation to Beijing and appeal for more Chinese investment, students and tourists. On October 22, about 1,500 restaura ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-22
Time was that state-owned conglomerate China Minmetals Corp. could do no wrong. Back in 2008, it was the darling of the propaganda apparatus, with cheerleaders touting its buying spree as an example o ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-01
