Are we turning into a bunch of absent-minded people? Consider the statistics: more than 93,000 Hong Kong people reported having lost their identity cards in 2013. That translates into 250 people losin ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-06
China’s A-share market may face downward correction risk in the short term given that authorities are looking for a well-supported bull market instead of a relentless crazy bull, which goes against th ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-06
Chinese telecoms equipment major Huawei Technologies estimates that its sales may have risen 15 percent last year on the back of advances in cloud computing and higher demand for smart devices, Reuter ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-05
Xiaomi Corp. said its smartphone shipments more than tripled in 2014, beating its expectations. The Chinese company, which recently became the world’s most valuable technology startup, sold 61.1 milli ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-05
Technology innovators and CEOs seem positively giddy nowadays about what the future will bring. New manufacturing technologies have generated feverish excitement about what some see as a Third Industr ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-02
For selfie addicts, a government plan to replace all Hong Kong smart identity cards is probably a most welcome decision as it offers them a chance to have a fresh, hopefully better, image of themselve ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-31
It's rare to read the financial headlines these days without seeing a story about the massive rally in Chinese brokerage stocks, which is being fueled by several factors. The brokerages themselves hav ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-30
In a parallel universe, CY Leung is an upstanding fellow, always smiling and happy to give tourists tips on where to get the best deal on sneakers. No one refers to him as "689", questions his loyalty ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-23
China's high-speed railway, aerospace and automobile industries are likely to benefit from the nation's three key policy themes including “One Belt, One Road” initiative, “3 one hundred million people ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-22
“Embracing diversity is simply good for business.” HSBC group chief executive officer Stuart Gulliver spoke those words in support of the LGBT community. (LGBT refers to lesbians, gays, bisexuals and ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-19
Hong Kong software engineer Benson Chiu has broken the local record on Kickstarter, the world's largest fundraising website for start-ups, with his smart coffeemaker, the Arist. Even Starbucks, the US ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
Leung Chun-ying should accord top priority to repairing his relationship with the Legislative Council members, former chief secretary Anson Chan said, adding that the chief executive must also try to ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-17
It took Xiaomi just a few years to become the best selling smartphone brand in China. Now, it's targeting another big market -- smart home appliances. Xiaomi just launched its first air purifier. To q ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-16
As the harrowing drama at Lindt Cafe in Sydney unfolded on Monday, Australians turned the crisis into their finest hour, offering fellowship with Muslims who might have felt their safety was at risk a ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-16
In this article, I would like to continue to share with readers with what I came across at the APAC Innovation Summit in Hong Kong earlier this month. Last week, I mentioned the innovation experience ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-16
TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd. (02618.HK) expects 50-60 percent revenue growth next year, mainly due to higher prices and increased sales of tablets, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reporte ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-15
China's entrepreneurial tech firms never miss a good business opportunity. Right now, they seem to have discovered a fresh passion for environment-related ventures, going by the initiatives of smartph ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-10
Chinese authorities should consider loosening their grip on initial public offerings (IPOs) to help ramp up share supply amid the current bullish market sentiment, columnist Luk Man wrote in the Hong ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-09
What will they think of next? Occupy protesters have occupied streets, unfurled yellow umbrellas on the graduation stage, hung a giant banner on Lion Rock, and done countless other gimmicks to promote ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-09
Insecurity is haunting Ukraine – and not just geopolitical insecurity but economic insecurity as well. Output is in freefall. The country’s external deficit is exploding and borrowing costs have spik ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
