... facturing hub and a main source of new materials. Although the region is plagued with aging production facilities and overreliance on a few industries, including the auto, steel, metallurgy and petroc ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-06
... versified hub market. In boosting GNI or GDP, the ultimate goal is the development of the economy and the improvement of people’s lives. Given the structure of Hong Kong's economy, businesses in the c ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-04
... financial hub to bolster services as overseas demand for its goods faltered. While industrial production fell for a 10th straight month in November, retail sales rose for a ninth month in October. GDP ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-04
... l-raising hub and listing venue for mainland Chinese companies. As of October, there were 927 mainland companies listed in Hong Kong, with a total market capitalization of HK$15.6 trillion. The mainla ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-01
... strategic hub stretching through the Mekong sub-region to secure closer trade and investment links with Malaysia and Singapore. Railway links are planned to connect other parts of China via Kunming wi ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-28
... role as a hub of entrepôt trade and logistics. However, some businesses appear upbeat about the OBOR initiative even before it takes shape. Singapore’s United Overseas Bank (UOB), for example, has dou ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-25
... sshipment hub for Asian exports to Europe coming in on container vessels from China. Stergios Pitsiorlas, head of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund, told the Journal last week that the fund ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
... ocal tech hub now boasts a total floor area of 75,000 square feet of co-working space, with another two phases coming on stream next year. Chief operating officer Mark Clift is the key man behind the ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
Hong Kong has been recognized as a global aviation hub for many years thanks to the city's visionary expansion of its airport infrastructure and superb services, as well as the good reputation enjoyed ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-19
... facturing hub are facing the most pressure. Not only are orders flowing elsewhere, Chinese entrepreneurs are also reportedly leaving for cheaper production bases abroad. “As far as I know, about 40 pe ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-16
As a duty-free port, Hong Kong is an important hub for wine trading in Asia. But the city's high storage fees have hindered the development of the business. Enter Qianhai Wine Innovative Management C ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-12
... the arts hub in West Kowloon, the perfect fulfillment of a bureaucrat’s vision for controlling and placing the arts all in one place. Thank goodness the property development aspect of this scheme is ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-12
... a global hub of tech startups. Some of the household names include Rovio Entertainment Ltd. -- the company that created Angry Birds, a smartphone game that has taken the world by storm -- and Superce ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-11
... financial hub while Ahmedabad is the biggest city in Gujarat, the home state of Modi. Construction is expected to begin in 2017 and be completed in 2023. It would cost about 980 billion rupees (US$14 ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-11
... financial hub even without the high-speed rail, but it might not be so if we give up our rule of law, because it is our long-established legal system, not our infrastructure, that defines us and makes ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-09
... a pricing hub for commodities and currencies, Li said. He said Hong Kong can serve as a bridge between supply and demand for the commodity futures and spot markets given the difference in trading volu ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-08
... financing hub for the multinational Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank established under China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative to meet demand for fundraising and hedging of foreign exchange. [Chin ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-08
... ommercial hub in Lo Wu and administration and finance centre in Futian to Qianhai and Houhai, while the financial and technology industries are also moving to the bay area. The western part of the cit ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-05
... aviation hub it runs 24 hours a day. Yet if you are unfortunate enough to have to lay over at the airport during the wee hours, you won’t find anywhere to satisfy your hunger or shop for necessities, ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-04
... wholesale hub about 300 kilometers from Shanghai, is one example. It attracts hundreds of thousands of buyers seeking to source daily necessities, many produced locally, creating demand for migrant la ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-02
