The Big Picture: 'DOUBLE-12' SALES

Xiaomi's Red Rice hunger marketing leaves bad taste in HK Market Pulse

Rising Chinese smartphone brand Xiaomi is finally launching its popular low-end Red Rice smartphone in Hong Kong next week, offering a limited supply to buyers for a beguiling HK$999 (US$129). But enthusiasm fore belated launch isreatened by ...

HKEJ Today: Highlights HKEJ Today

Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Friday, Dec. 13: TOP STORIES SFC sets up task force to oversee listed companies Hong Kong's Securities and Futures ...

Zendai and the art of higher property values Market Pulse

Can a museum, a concert hall and a theatre drive up the value and returnsf a commercial property? Shanghai Zendai Property (00755.HK) founder Dai Zhikang is bankingn it. Dai hopes the cultured approach will help the second-tier real estate play ...

INTERVIEW: L’Occitane sees promise, heartache in China Views & Analysis

French premium skincare brand L’Occitane International S.A. (0973.HK) is keen to tap China's growing e-commerce market but it needs to close the gap between consumer expectations and its brand culture. Most Chinese still see e-commerce as a discount ...

POLICY WATCH: Shanghai smog adds new urgency to pollution fight Policy Watch

With the financial hub Shanghai blanketed by dense smog for much of the past week, affecting people's lives and disrupting normal business activity, there is an added sense of urgency among Chinese authorities on the need to improve the nation's air ...