Reading Time: < 1 minute “For every Focus Media, there are 10 AirMedia or VisionChina Media”. I took bus and taxi from time to time when I was in Shanghai, because I don’t have my own car. One thing I notice is those LCD screens on bus, metro and taxi. There are news on the bus LCD, the ones in
Reading Time: < 1 minute for Chinese stock market? It looks more and more like it, after two brutal weeks for many small investors/speculators in China. Here is an old article from ChinaTimes.cc (via JinRongJie). The title is 泡沫不死 挤压不止. From my observation, it is very rare that a prime minister would comment the stock market directly. But again this
Reading Time: < 1 minute in Singapore, two of the most heated topics in China these days. Here is the Chinese excerpt from DFdaily. Housing: 他在新加坡国立大学发表演讲后回答提问时说,应该说,中国改革开放30年来居民住房的条件有很大的改善,现在城乡居民住房面积人均超过20平方米,但是分布不均,特别是近些年来房价上涨较快,人民有很大的意见。 解决房地产问题,温家宝谈了四点考虑。他说,首先,政府的职责最重要的是要搞好廉租房,让那些买不起房或者进城打工的农民工能够租得起房、住得上房。为此,中国政府今年将安排49亿元用于廉租房建设,再加上地方财政,投入将达到几百亿。他说,明年我们将加大廉租房建设的力度。 其次,是建设经济适用房。他说,经济适用房大多数是面向中产阶级的,他们中有许多工资也不是很高。在中国,经济适用房户均面积90平方米是比较适当的,因为中国人多地少,“对廉租房和经济适用房,政府应提供和保障土地的需要,当然(这些)土地也要节约和集约使用”。他说,对于高档住房,主要靠市场调节,“但是也必须有国家的宏观调控,防止利用房地产进行炒作造成市场混乱”。 温家宝指出,要让全国人民懂得中国的国情,中国是有13亿人口的国家,要守住18亿亩耕地的“红线”才能养活中国人。中国每年新生人口要超过1000万,每年由农村进入城市需要解决住房的进城人员达到1800万,还有2100万流动农民工,也需要居住条件。所有这些问题,政府都要统筹兼顾。 温家宝说,这次来新加坡会有机会再看看新加坡的组屋。他说:“几年前,我曾经专门考察过,受到不少启发。” Stocks: 新华网新加坡11月19日电(记者张永兴李涛)中国国务院总理温家宝19日在这里从三方面谈了政府在股票市场应该做的事情。
Reading Time: < 1 minute There are conflicting news about this hot topic. The initial news, according to Hexun, the Chinese tax bureau is going to collect tax on the gains made from stocks and real estate for people earn more than 120,000 Yuan per year. Note in China 120,000 Yuan is the threshold for people to file personal income
Reading Time: < 1 minute Yesterday morning when I went to Panera (St. Louis) Bread to get morning bagel, I noticed they raised the price from 89 cents to 95 cents. I can fully understand the pressure they are facing: the rising wheat, diary, and energy cost. Today Starbucks came out with earning, and understandablely a disappointing outlook (bloomberg). SBUX
Reading Time: < 1 minute Early August 2007, when I was in Shanghai, the US stock market underwent a crisis from the sub-prime mortgage. At that time the focus was on BearStern and its two hedge funds. In China, and in overseas Chinese financial community, the book named Currency Wars authored by Mr. Song Hongbing was very popular. So I
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Update Nov. 17) Shuipi of ChinaTimes(水皮华夏时报) wrote this interesting piece on his newspaper. (Original) It looks like it, from the highs at 6,200 in early Oct to 5,200 now. But wait a minute, recently the US stock market suffered big loss because of the sub-prime meltdown, and weakening of the dollar. How could the mess
Reading Time: < 1 minute Week in review 11/04 to 11/10 1) Shanghai Univ of Finance and Economics, or SUFE, is celebrating its 90 years annaversary. SUFE also launched Shanghai consumer/investor confidence index, similar to Univ of Michigan consumer confidence index.
Reading Time: < 1 minute (Update Nov 6) Keso wrote an interesting piece about Ma Yun and Alibaba IPO. DBANotes also has an interesting article about Alibaba IPO. The author Fenng works for Ali. (Original) The ticker symbol is 1688.HK. It opened at HKD 30.00, a big jump from the IPO price HKD 13.50. I have not looked at its
Reading Time: < 1 minute (Update Nov. 6) There are many reports saying that PetroChina is the largest company in the world, according to its market capital (> 1 trillion USD), after its IPO/secondary offering in Shanghai. This is a bit misleading, as similar claims regarding ICBC (1388.HK), and China Life (NYSE:LFC) being the largest bank and insurance company in
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