... ese got a sharp reminder of this reality in late April when Zhang Zhijun, head of the mainland's Taiwan Affairs Office, went to the island of Kinmen for a meeting with his Taiwanese counterpart, Andre ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-03
... not. Some sharp-eyed netizens believe the image of the woman in the brokerage was touched up to look like Wong. But the guessing game about the market continues as the Shanghai index searches for its ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-02
... y to post sharp falls in June thanks to supportive government policy and the upcoming launch of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on June 1. Tr ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-01
... nomy. The sharp rally in recent weeks has come as a surprise for many investors. Nevertheless, the Hong Kong market is nowhere near a bubble given a price-to-earnings ratio of 12 times, except for som ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-27
... iggered a sharp rise in China's stock markets. The question now is whether that could turn out to be a very good thing. There is little doubt that China’s economy is shifting gears very quickly. Offic ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-27
... suffered sharp price falls. Foreign investors have lost faith in some stocks. Coupled with weak economic data, the recent slide in stock prices is hitting A shares hard. A sound regulatory regime is ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-26
There are moments when the Chinese government’s big-picture thinking comes into sharp focus. The release by the State Council last week of its first blueprint to upgrade the manufacturing sector by 20 ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-26
... remained sharp and agile. The French writer Voltaire still inspires us after more than 400 years. Could these gentlemen reinvent themselves as bloggers? Netizens are curious if they could be seeing t ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-21
... s after a sharp drop in sales, the employee said, adding they have not been replaced. On Monday, the Chinachem DFS branch in Tsim Sha Tsui told dozens of employees the company needs to take action to ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-20
The Hong Kong police drew sharp rebuke from a local magistrate Thursday after officers failed to produce in court some photographic evidence related to a case against an Occupy protester. Magistrate C ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-15
... at drew a sharp rebuke from China. The plan calls for transforming a small existing naval facility at Oyster Bay, a cove within Ulugan Bay on Palawan island, into a full-fledged operating base within ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-15
... he recent sharp rally in the stock market. The changes, which come after MSCI Inc.'s quarterly review of its indices, will be effective after the close of the stock market on May 29. MSCI Inc. will an ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-14
... ve posted sharp gains after their share placements. Heng Fai Enterprises (00185.HK) jumped 19.4 percent after Joy Town acquired its stake. See Corp. (00491.HK) raised HK$300 million through private pl ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-13
... eeks. The sharp correction has worried authorities, and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) stepped in quite quickly. On Sunday the central bank announced a 0.25 percent cut in the benchmark interest ra ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-11
... l prices, sharp variations in exchange rates of major currencies, and potential market volatility. While momentum in advanced economies has picked up, several major emerging markets have lost steam. I ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-08
... to post a sharp decline in the second half. Nevertheless, the profit warning offered some comfort for investors. Print advertising business is expected to fall by HK$460 million in fiscal 2015, after ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-08
... es of the sharp jump in the stock market last month is the 1 trillion yuan debt swap program announced by Finance Minister Lou Jiwei in mid-March. It’s the first time Beijing has showed its determinat ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-08
... uld see a sharp jump in long-term rates." "So we’re trying to ... communicate as clearly about our monetary policy so we don’t take markets by surprise," Yellen said. Yellen tempered her remarks by sa ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-07
... 011 -- as sharp-eyed Apple Daily noted. His usual line is: “Good morning British friends, good afternoon Hong Kong”. One possible interpretation is he no longer has so many British friends in the wake ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-06
... ng led to sharp market corrections in the US in 2000 and 2007, there were many other occasions in the past 20 years when a sharp rise in margin trading did not lead to a crash. We do not know, ex ante ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-04
