... widening gap between the rich and the poor is a “grave” issue in the world's largest economy. The article has been widely shared on Chinese social media platforms, not because Weibo users agree with ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-19
... NIQLO and GAP have all opened their Tmall shops, but they function only as shopping websites. MUJI has 105 outlets across 34 cities in China, mainly in top-tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guang ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-19
... leaving a gap of HK$9.1 billion. The Legislative Council is scheduled to discuss URA's work on June 24. Lawmakers will, among other things, debate if there is a need to raise the application threshold ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-18
... the cost gap could be to raise charges, sources said. The tariff hikes, including those on passengers and airlines, could raise an extra HK$31 billion over the next eight years. The figures were base ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-17
... osing the gap with Western air forces across a broad spectrum of capabilities," the report said. It also warned that China continues to use cyberwarfare to target the US. In other remarks, the Pentago ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-06
... widen the gap with Google's Android operating platform, and Microsoft’s Windows platform, Apple is deepening the integration between iOS and Mac OS to ensure users' loyalty to the Apple family of prod ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-03
... cent. The gap in rental expectations has resulted in vacancies in second- and third-tier streets, as well as some first-tier locations. Slowing take-up, early surrenders and increasing vacancy in the ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-29
... The price gap between the domestic and international markets has widened since late 2012 to a high of 700 yuan per metric ton early this year. The price difference has come down to 200 yuan to 300 yua ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-26
Worries about a wider wealth gap, food security and a lack of trust in Chinese society are keeping 85-year-old Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing awake at night. Solina Chau, director of the Li Ka Shing Fou ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-26
... ridge the gap between the two arms of power. Executive Council Convenor Lam Woon-kwong, who is a veteran high-ranking government official, has lamented that the present executive-legislature relations ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-22
... rest rate gap between loans in yuan and the greenback. A typical way of getting easy and cheap loans is to use an overseas-registered subsidiary to borrow in US dollars and then transmit the money to ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-22
... filling a gap in the market and overcoming the limitations of the existing tablets. The Surface Pro 3 will have a screen measuring 12 inches diagonally, up from 10.6 inches in the previous model, but ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-21
... e biggest gap is seen among those working in the export, import and wholesale sectors, with men making HK$20,000 and women receiving HK$13,500 a month. Female workers out-earn their male counterparts ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-16
... big price gap encourages many to go to other e-tailers. -- Contact the writer at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-16
The link between economic growth and human wellbeing seems obvious. Indeed, as measured by gross domestic product, economic growth is widely viewed as the ultimate development objective. But it is tim ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-16
Declining inflation in many major economies is consistent with negative output gaps (which occur when actual output is lower than potential output). It may also indicate that output gaps are being und ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-15
... ’s income gap with Western Europe today is smaller than it has been at any point since the year 1500. Given that the EU’s combined GDP is eight times larger than that of Russia, we should expect a pat ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-15
American fashion retailer The Gap Inc. plans to open 35 stores in China this year and boost market share by adopting a multi-channel, multi-brand strategy. Jeff Kirwan, president of Gap's China divisi ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-12
Smugglers are squeezing through cracks in Hong Kong's milk powder ban by shipping imported formula sold in the city to Zhuhai via Macau, according to Ming Pao Daily. The newspaper reported Monday as m ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-12
... till, the gap will inexorably narrow and, quite possibly within the next decade, the Chinese economy will be bigger than that of the US in real terms. Of course, it is only natural that a country with ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-07
