Some teachers and students of Hong Kong's La Salle College are said to be wearing black clothes Monday in a show of protest over the college's directive to keep political discussions away from the cam ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-22
Hong Kong's former chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan admitted that he gave HK$7 million to HK$8 million to a young woman from Shanghai with whom he had an "intimate" relationship. Hui told a local cou ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-15
... enegger belatedly unveiled his official portrait at the state Capitol on Monday, many people who had previously seen the six-foot painting noticed something was missing. The portrait has a very conspi ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-12
In the IFA electronic trade fair held in Berlin last week, more than half of the major handset exhibitors were Chinese brands. But they still have a long way to go in order to gain a foothold in Europ ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-10
... he Uighur language of Princess Fragrant, according to the New York Times. It is the second Xinjiang-theme cartoon released in recent years after the Legend of Loulan Kingdom in 2013. The Chinese gove ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-29
... in Macau last week for a VIP screening of The Expendables 3. He previously visited Hong Kong in 1998 and 2005. So it's been quite awhile. "Hasta la vista, baby." Related stories: Beware of Hollywood ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-28
Legco President Jasper Tsang said it in a song and Financial Secretary John Tsang borrowed a line from a movie. But it was former chief secretary Stephen Lam who said it best, albeit with a touch of i ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-25
... atya Nadella. "The fall will be hectic between teaching a new class and the start of the NBA seasonso my departure from the board is effective immediately," he said. Ballmer, 58, acquired the Clippers ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-20
Jolla Ltd., a Finnish maker of mobile devices and open-source software, is offering an alternative mobile operating system as it ramps up its foray into the Chinese market. "Quite a number of smartpho ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-18
... l for manslaughter and abandoning the ship. The captain denies he left the vessel after it hit a reef near the island, before 4,229 people on board were taken off. Schettino gave a two-hour lecture to ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-07
A US judge has cleared the way for the US$2 billion sale of Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, dismissing objections raised by the team's co-owner Donald Sterling, ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-29
French luxury chocolate brand La Maison du Chocolat aims to lure corporate clients in Asia to boost its sales growth, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Monday. Given their high spending and freq ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-23
Boy, did they ever. The Spaniards got it on the chin from the Netherlands and now this: a drubbing from Chile five days later. The World Cup holders gave up seven goals in two matches, which is no way ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-19
... n on the planet but it's doubtful the play will be world standard. True football fans know that the tournament with the highest level of play is UEFA because all the world's highest-paid players compe ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-12
When it comes dishing out insults, the Chinese are no amateurs. From blistering tirades scorning one's ancestors to vicious tongue-lashings laced with sexual references, the Chinese have a put-down fo ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-05
A group that includes billionaire media executive David Geffen, television icon Oprah Winfrey and Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison has bid more than US$1.5 billion for the Los Angeles Clippers pro ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-30
Poor Lionel Messi. The Argentine superstar has the money and the stats and may be even grudging admiration from his rivals, but he gets no respect from La Liga. So after signing a new contract that re ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-21
... curing a place on the global communication map. That, Feng says, translates into a whole new definition of value for Facebook. But to Peter "Dr Doom" Schiff, founder of Euro Pacific Capital, there are ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-24
Chinese real-estate developer Greenland Holding Group has begun work on a US$1 billion project in Los Angeles, Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday, citing sources. The project covers an area of 25,600 ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-18
A fire that swept across the tourist town of Dukezong in Shangri-la county of southwestern China's Yunnan province on Saturday has caused economic losses estimated at more than 100 million yuan (US$16 ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-13
