In China, government jobs have long been a big draw for people wanting to move up the ladder in society. Apart from power and privilege, it is no secret that the jobs offer plenty of chances to amass ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-27
The rise of Changsha, capital of Hunan province, has gone almost unnoticed. Yet, its stellar economic growth has already put it on the national map of emerging upstarts tipped to be one of the country ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-19
Rising production costs and wages now faced by factories in the Pearl River Delta will also happen in central China five years from now, Metro Daily reported Monday, citing Irons Sze, president of the ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-12
The authorities had hoped it would help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS but some teachers and parents are worried that it could cause an epidemic of promiscuity. The municipal government of Xian in Sha ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-08
Water pollution concerns sparked a surge in bottled water sales in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei province, on Thursday, after tests showed the portion of the Hanjiang River crossing the popu ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-25
Mining firm Sichuan Hanlong Group's former chairman Liu Han, his younger brother Liu Wei and 34 other connected persons went on trial Monday in Xianning in central China's Hubei province after being c ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-01
Foreign enterprises investing in China are always astounded by the sheer size of its cities, both in terms of area and the number of people. Anywhere else in the world, a city with a population of 1 m ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-12
There's still room for growth and a crash looks impossible in the housing markets of third and fourth-tier cities, National Business Daily reported Tuesday, citing Hu Baosen, chairman of Central China ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-11
Wuhan in central China's Hubei province has seen its bond issuance for urban construction projects jump to 33.27 billion yuan (US$5.43 billion) last year from 1 billion yuan in 2008, as the city pursu ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-27
More than halfway through the 12th Five-Year Plan for railway construction, China Railway Corp. (CRC) is stuck, with the prospect of missing its 120,000 kilometer target looking increasingly ominous. ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-21
A Chinese mining tycoon will go on trial in central China on charges of orchestrating mafia-like activities, the Financial Times reported Thursday. Liu Han, chairman of Sichuan-based Hanlong Group, wi ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-21
A passenger plane operated by domestic airline Joy Air broke a nose gear while landing at the Zhengzhou-Xinzheng International Airport in central China's Henan province Tuesday night, the Oriental Mor ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-05
No doubt it was a remarkable feat. Chinese property titan Vanke (000002.CN, 200002.CN), the world’s largest of its kind, sold 171 billion yuan (US$28.25 billion) worth of homes in 2013, up 21 percent ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-04
Second and third-tier Chinese cities have shown increasing demand for manpower while relatively developed coastal areas are going in the opposite direction, Economic Information Daily reported Thursda ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-23
Henan Civil Aviation Development and Investment Co. Ltd. has acquired a 35 percent stake in Luxembourg's Cargolux Airlines International, which will allow the carrier to introduce an air freight servi ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-16
Authorities in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province canceled a New Year fireworks show to avoid further polluting the city's murky air, Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. The local government h ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-31
American fast-food giant McDonald's Corp. has opened its first campus canteen on the Chinese mainland in Wuhan, the capital city of central China's Hubei province, Xinhua news agency reported Wednesda ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-26
Representatives from a total of 23 international financial groups aim to expand business in Hubei and other provinces in central China, the China Securities Journal reported Friday, citing Starr Group ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-13
The central province of Henan plans to merge the cities of Zhengzhou and Kaifeng into a super metropolis, Xinhua reported Sunday, citing local governments. The two cities have already started integrat ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-11
China's old reputation as the world's factory no longer holds true as rising wages and lack of workers with adequate skills are prompting some global manufacturers to relocate to other countries in As ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-08
