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Jing Yang
Jing Yang
Jing Yang is a business reporter with the SCMP. She has four years’ experience covering companies and recently shifted her focus to markets. Jing holds bachelor of economics and master of journalism degrees and is fluent in English, Putonghua and Cantonese. She is from Guizhou province in Southwest China, a remote place famous for bizarre, breathtaking landscapes, the country’s biggest waterfall and the national wine Moutai. Always keeping an open mind, Jing would like to hear your feedback, suggestions and critiques.

NewTough times for China’s dim sum bonds

South Korean won, Chinese yuan and Japanese yen notes are seen on U.S. 100 dollar notes in this picture illustration taken in Seoul, South Korea, December 15, 2015. As investors brace for this week's historic U.S. interest rate decision, central banks in Asia's emerging markets will be standing by a quarter of a trillion dollars in emergency liquidity lines with China and Japan to prevent routs in their currencies. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

NewPanda bonds alluring in China’s booming bond market

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, file photo, Chinese investors monitor stock prices at a brokerage house in Fuyang in central China's Anhui province. China's sharp economic slowdown and its surprise decision to devalue its currency squeeze emerging economies, roil financial markets and escalate fears about the global economy was one of The Associated Press' top stories in 2015. (Chinatopix via AP) CHINA OUT

NewChina loosens rules for foreign investors to move money around

An investor looks at an electronic board showing stock information, filled with red colour indicating rising prices, at a brokerage house in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, December 3, 2015. REUTERS/China Daily CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Yuen Long property sales in Hong Kong sluggish amid interest rate fears

Fewer than half of Park Vista flats sold. Photo: Edward Wong
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NewChina’s top planning agency streamlines issuance of certain corporate bonds

(151126) -- BEIJING, Nov. 26, 2015 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Nov. 26, 2015 shows a 100-yuan commemorative note at a bank in Beijing, capital of China. The People's Bank of China issued a commemorative bank note and coin on Nov. 26. The items, including a 100-yuan bank note and a 10-yuan coin, mark China's aerospace achievement over the past years. The commemorative note and coin will be circulated in the currency market with the same denomination as their equivalents. (Xinhua/Tao Ye) (lfj)

UpdateManaged float to continue for Chinese yuan despite milestone IMF decision

Photo taken on Nov. 30, 2015, shows rows of (from L) U.S. dollar, euro, Chinese yuan, and Japanese yen bills. The International Monetary Fund is slated to hold a board meeting the same day to decide whether to include the yuan in an exclusive group of currencies that make up the basket of the IMF's Special Drawing Rights which is currently based on the dollar, the yen, the euro and pound sterling. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

NewMore financial reforms in store after IMF verdict, PBOC deputy governor pledges

epa05049734 (FILE) A file picture dated 13 January 2010 of a bank teller counting renminbi bank notes in Shenyang, northeast China. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 30 November 2015 announced it is adding China's renminbi, or Yuan, to the currencies that the Washington-based crisis lender uses as a measure of value, alongside the dollar, euro, yen and pound sterling. EPA/MARK *** Local Caption *** 01987545

NewChina’s yuan loses ground after milestone IMF reserves inclusion

Investors talk as they look at a computer screen showing stock information at a brokerage house in Fuyang, Anhui province, China, November 27, 2015. China stocks tumbled more than 5 percent on Friday in their biggest one-day loss in three months as a fresh regulatory crackdown and deteriorating profits triggered profit-taking after a recent rebound. REUTERS/China Daily CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

NewHong Kong shares claw way to firm close after IMF verdict on yuan, but Chinese markets muted by finish

An investor points to an electronic board showing stock information as he speaks to another investor, at a brokerage house in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, November 19, 2015. China stocks ended higher on Thursday, with a sharp rebound in small-caps offsetting the drag from property shares and investor caution ahead of a flurry of new listings. REUTERS/China Daily CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Yuan expected to get low SDR weighting

The yuan is expected to be a shoo-in for the International Monetary Fund's reserve currency basket after its managing director Christine Lagarde's public endorsement of the currency. Photo: Kyodo

Offshore yuan sinks to weakest level in two and a half months

Visitors are silhouetted against the logo of the International Monetary Fund at the main venue for the IMF and World Bank annual meeting in Tokyo in this October 10, 2012 file photo. Even as the International Monetary Fund prepares to accept China's yuan in its basket of reserve currencies, a major diplomatic victory for Beijing's campaign to internationalise the currency, foreign companies are growing more sceptical. Thanks to recent reforms in China and the endorsement of key European governments, including Britain during a visit by President Xi Jinping last month, the yuan looks increasingly likely to find its way into the IMF reserve basket, known as Strategic Drawing Rights (SDR). REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Files

China stocks plunge most in three months on broker probe, growth fears

**THIS PHOTO CAN BE REUSED** HKEX trading floor For 2015 HKMA Best Annual Reports Awards supplement, November 10, 2015 keith.wkchan@scmp.com

Mainland stocks suffered their worst sell-off since late August on Friday, as investors dumped equities on fears about Beijing’s crackdown on stock speculation and further signs of economic slowdown.

UpdateChina stocks end lower as IPO resumption looms, Hong Kong shares also down on weakness in tech and autos

The company logo of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited is displayed at its office in Hong Kong, China November 17, 2015. China's regulators may have overreacted with proposed new trading curbs to stamp out speculative behaviour but the Hong Kong stock exchange remains hopeful that onshore markets will eventually rise to international standards, its chief executive told Reuters on November 17. November 17, 2015. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

Mystery of the missing chairman: Guotai Junan case makes Western firms wary of Chinese bosses’ connections

Yim Fung, Vice Chairman and CEO of Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd. pictured in his office at Grand Millennium Plaza, Central. 18JUN10

NewChina brokerages look like good bets amid mounting signs that mainland shares have stabilised, analysts say

epa05027752 Pedestrians walk past a electronic board displaying the closing Hang Seng Index figure in Hong Kong, China, 16 November 2015. Stocks across Asia were down Monday in the first day of trading after the Paris terrorist attacks which left about 130 people dead. The Shanghai composite index opened down at 3,522.46 and closed at 3606.96, rose 0.73 percent. The Shenzhen composite index opened down at 12,180.99 and closed at 12,620.38, rose 1.76 percent. EPA/JEROME FAVRE

NewHong Kong, China stocks crawl to firm close in morning session

A man walks past a panel displaying the closing blue chip Hang Seng Index and a banner on "Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect" inside the Hong Kong Exchange in Hong Kong in this March 5, 2015 file photo. A tepid response from investors to the Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Connect scheme in its first year has made industry executives sceptical about the success of proposed exchange link-ups and their value in providing equity market access. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/Files

NewHong Kong stocks slide on geopolitical worries but China index led higher by robotics and tech shares

A Chinese national flag (R) flies beside a flag of the Hong Kong Exchanges (HKEx) in Hong Kong in this April 15, 2015 file photo. Following Chinas stock markets heavy fall in July, hundreds of companies and executives that answered the call from Beijing to do their patriotic duty and signal confidence by buying back their own stock, which regulators hoped would entice other investors back to trade are facing substantial losses as markets slid further. According to a Reuters analysis, firms that announced buybacks have seen their shares lose an average of roughly 40 percent in the last three months. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/Files

NewGuotai Junan under scrutiny more than a week before chairman’s disappearance

Yim Fung, Vice Chairman and CEO of Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd. pictured in his office at Grand Millennium Plaza, Central. 18JUN10

Noble Group faces ratings downgrade to junk

A Noble Group sign is pictured at a meet-the-investors event in Singapore in this August 17, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Edgar Su/Files

NewHong Kong stocks fall as resource shares hit by weak commodity prices

A man speaks to another investor in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, September 25, 2015. China stocks fell on Friday, led by a selloff in small caps, as the main indexes ended the week roughly flat in shrinking trading volume. REUTERS/China Daily CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Head of Hong Kong-based brokerage Guotai Junan International ‘missing’ in case linked to probe of CSRC vice-chairman

Yim Fung, the chief executive Guotai Junan International, has gone missing, the company said in a filing to Hong Kong’s stock exchange. Photo: Felix Wong

NewHong Kong, China stocks end down slightly on IPO resumption concerns, brokerages weaker

Pedestrians pass before a share prices board in Tokyo on November 4, 2015. Japan's share prices rose 451.68 points to close at 19,134.92 points at the morning sessio of the Tokyo Stock Exchange as Japan Post shares skyrocketed in their long-awaited market debut after an 11.5 billion USD initial public offering, the biggest so far this year. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO

NewOffshore yuan in liquidity crunch as PBOC reportedly cracks down on cross-border arbitrage

(151112) -- BEIJING, Nov. 12, 2015 (Xinhua) -- Residents hold two new 100-yuan banknotes withdrawn from the Beijing Branch of the Bank of Communication in Beijing, capital of China. China's central bank released a new 100-yuan banknote on Thursday. The design stays largely the same as its former series, but the new banknotes are harder to conterfeit and easier for machines to read. The 100-yuan note is the largest denomination of the Chinese currency. (Xinhua/Li Xin) (lfj)

Global mergers and acquisitions at tipping point, with Asian firms aggressive buyers, says JP Morgan

(FILES) This file photo taken on September 30, 2010 shows a Chinese bank worker counting 100-yuan notes and US 100-dollar bills at a bank counter in Hefei, in east China's Anhui province. China's central bank on August 14, 2015 strengthened the yuan currency against the US dollar by 0.05%, the national foreign exchange market said, ending three days of falls after a surprise devaluation. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO / FILES

Guodian Tech to divest solar production lines, expects hit to profits

(151029)-- QINHUANGDAO, Oct 29, 2015 (Xinhua) -- Workers construct a solar power field in Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province, Oct. 28, 2015. A 20MW solar power field, established on a mountain in Hebei with an investment of 359 million Yuan (about 56.4 million U.S. Dollars), is expected to be finished and put into operation by the end of November this year. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

PortfolioFresh bout of depreciation awaits yuan after IMF review

People protest outside the office of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission in Shanghai on September 25, 2015 claiming they were tricked by the Fanya metals exchange. Chinese speculators who claim to have lost money on risky investments mounted a rare protest in Shanghai, a uncommon sight in despite plunging prices on the country's stock exchanges. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE

Asia's most expensive apartment: Opus Hong Kong flat sells for record HK$509.6m

Swire Properties’ Opus Hong Kong at 53 Stubbs Road, Mid-Levels, has set a number of price records. Photo: Felix Wong

PortfolioChina’s bond market braces for uncertai