Canada-listed Husky Energy Inc., a unit of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. (00013.HK), plans to make its Gaolan onshore gas plant -- part of the South China Sea Liwan gas project -- a regional hub for future p ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-02
Unthinkable just a year ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping won a promise from the European Union on Monday to consider a multi-billion-dollar free-trade deal. Xi, the first Chinese leader to visit Euro ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-01
Erin Hunter is looking for the answer to the big question Mark Zuckerberg is asking. As Facebook's global head of marketing for fast-moving consumer goods, part of Hunter's job is to work out ways ads ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-31
Expect competition in the handset sector to intensify further this year as players launch state-of-the-art models for the fourth-generation wireless telecommunications technology. Handset maker Coolpa ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-24
China's central bank has hinted that it is willing to accept some debt defaults in the US$1.8 trillion wealth management market, Shanghai Daily reported Monday. People’s Bank of China deputy governor ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-24
Handset maker Coolpad Group Ltd. (02369.HK) aims to sail past Lenovo Group Ltd. (00992.HK) to be second in smartphone shipments in China and in the top five worldwide this year, according to top manag ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-21
A vice chairman of Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (00027.HK) hinted Wednesday at possible expansion into Japan, saying he is keen to know when a gaming law will pass in the coun ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-19
Construction giant Sinopec Engineering (Group) Co. Ltd. (02386.HK) aims to bring in US$3 billion in overseas contracts this year, down from the US$3.67 billion it reaped in 2013, chief executive Yan S ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-17
They're a financing flavor of the moment and set to stay that way as more of China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) look overseas for funds. So much so that a private bank and law firm is tipping that ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-26
Europeans remain nervous about Chinese buyers taking over their companies, with many European firms preferring to be bought out by another European or US company, China Daily reported Monday, citing D ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-24
It may be chicken feed to Asia's richest man but for California-based egg substitute startup Hampton Creek Foods, Inc. it could help seed a healthy market for the company in China. The developer of pl ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-21
One market. Two players. And a big difference in plans to help companies in China store and manage their ever-growing information systems. That's the picture painted by two rival foreign data center p ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-17
Erik Prince rose to public prominence as the lord of Blackwater, a controversial defense contractor that came under fierce attack over its operations in Iraq. Today the former US Navy SEAL is pitching ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-24
Larry Weber just gave up. The author and founder of public relations giant Weber Shandwick tried to search the website of what once called itself "the world's greatest newspaper" but abandoned the eff ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-20
A biotechnology researcher has called on China to improve its regulations on labeling genetically modified food, saying the existing regulations fail to inform consumers, China Daily reported Wednesda ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-02
Checkbook diplomacy as an instrument of policy between Taiwan and mainland China hasn’t been used in at least five years, but a somewhat similar type of diplomacy is now emerging as China and Japan bo ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-23
US President Barack Obama plans to nominate Sen. Max Baucus as the nation's next ambassador to China, the South China Morning Post reported Thursday, citing unidentified American officials. If confirm ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-19
Ask anybody outside China to name a Chinese brand and they will struggle to think of one. That's despite 95 Chinese firms making it into the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest companies. B ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-25
The push is on. President Xi Jinping wants Taiwan to finally deal with political issues that have remained unsettled since 1949, when the Communists won the civil war on the mainland. The goal is to r ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-10
