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China Mobile Eyes iPhone Deal
According to a premarket release on The Street, Apple is reportedly in talks with China Mobile to bring the iPhone to China (a lot of people already have one). First, as an investor in Apple all I can say is BUY BUY BUY. give one to your friends, collegues, and don’t forget your boss! Next, [...]
Batman: The Dark Knight
HK news just reported that filming for the new Batman movie, “the Dark Knight”, will begin in Hong Kong next week. For 5 days and 16 hours each day, 3 different aircraft will film city skyline shots. So much for Gotham being “New York”… News also noted that producers of the movie scrapped an budgie [...]
Chinese shares hit another record high
(Source: Xinhua) BEIJING, Oct. 17 – China’s main stock index on Tuesday closed on 6092.06 points, up 1.03 percent on the previous day, after reaching as high as 6,124.04 in the middle of trading. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index broke the 6,000-point mark for the first time on Monday. Turnover, however, fell to 163.5 billion [...]
Central bank may raise mortgage rate
(Source: China Daily) Sept. 26 – The central bank is expected to increase the interest rate of mortgage loans to 1.1 times the benchmark one-year lending rate this week, sources said. The move is an attempt to curb the rise in house prices and speculation in the property market. The current five-year lending rate has [...]
From China to Europe… by car !
Another step in the cultural exchanges between the West and China : one of AsiaInspection‘s employees in Shenzhen just told me about how her brother has started with his wife on last July, 12th a 60,000 kms road trip from China to Europe !They will cross nearly 20 countries, for about 6 months, and keep [...]
Shenzhen YouTube Models
I’m sorry for not posting recently. I’ve been really busy with a number of projects. I’ve also been traveling a lot on business trips. Blogspot has also been re-blocked by the great firewall sooo… ugh. Anyways, to kick back posting, I wanted to show everyone a Shenzhen video on Youtube. While there are normally thousands [...]
Hutchison Plans Shenzhen Expansion
Hutchison Port Holdings Ltd., the world’s largest operator of container terminals by volume handled, plans to spend 270.63 million yuan ($36 million) to increase its share of Shenzhen Yantian West Port Terminals Ltd. to 65% from 41.7%, according to a filing made to the Shenzhen stock exchange. Read Original Post Here
China Southern Doubles Size of Its First Overseas Fund
China Southern Fund Management Co. said it has doubled the size of its first overseas investment fund to 30 billion yuan ($3.99 billion). The Shenzhen-based fund said that the foreign-exchange regulator approved its application to increase its quota following strong investor demand. Read Original Post Here
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