Confrontations between passengers and taxi drivers are not too uncommon in Hong Kong, but it is only rare that such quarrels take a violent turn as happened in an incident Wednesday night. Headline Ne ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-28
Two weeks ago, my old friend Kuen called to ask for my ex-boss's contact number, and I invited him for lunch with my current boss Jeff. Kuen brought along his comrade Mike. We're neighbors, actually, ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-28
Forget the accusation that John Tsang Chun-wah likes to stay in the dark rather than engage with reporters. The Hong Kong finance chief, it now seems clear, cannot help but be a hippie at heart. In hi ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-14
Hong Kong is poised for further choppiness in its political seas following the arrest of more than 500 people at a sit-in protest that came at the end of a huge rally on July 1, in what is seen as a c ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-02
Thousands of protesters surrounded Macau's legislature Tuesday, demanding the government withdraw a controversial retirement bill they say will give excessive benefits to senior civil servants. The pr ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-28
It is an acknowledged fact that local governments in China rely on land sales to keep their finances afloat. Even so, it may come as a surprise to learn that there are at least four cities where the i ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-27
The European Central Bank's Governing Council is unanimous in not accepting current low inflation and in being ready to implement unconventional measures. ECB president Mario Draghi has said so more t ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-20
Maturing trust loans backed by local governments rose to 19 billion yuan (US$3.08 billion) in May from less than 10 billion yuan during January or April, Economic Information Daily reported Friday, ci ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-16
Asia’s growth is slowing. Global liquidity is becoming less ample as the US Federal Reserve tapers its quantitative easing program, while China’s economic expansion, on which regional growth has becom ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-17
China's gross domestic product grew 7.4 percent in the first quarter from the same time last year, easing from 7.7 percent growth a year earlier and for the full year, according to data released Wedne ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-17
China's gross domestic product grew 7.4 percent in the first quarter from the same period last year, easing from a 7.7 percent expansion in the first three months of 2013 and for the full year, data r ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-16
China plans to raise its fixed-asset investment in railways to 720 billion yuan (US$117.07 billion) this year from an original target of 700 billion yuan, the People’s Daily reported Thursday, citing ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-10
China's biggest shopping center, as measured by the total sales of tenants, during 2007-2012, the golden years of luxury sales boom in the country, was not any of those grandiose malls and arcades loc ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-21
Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index (HSI) continued its retreat Friday after the central bank's ban on virtual credit cards weighed heavily on the technology, software and electronic payment sectors ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-14
China must take firm measures to curb large-scale grain and cotton imports and crack down on smuggling activities to ease the pressure on the country's record-high grain inventory rate, China Daily qu ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-11
China Cinda Asset Management Co. Ltd. (01359.HK) has seen its share price tumble after its inclusion in the MSCI China Index in February. The stock has dropped 25 percent from its peak on Jan. 21 to a ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-07
The preliminary China purchasing managers' index from HSBC/Markit for February, which was released Thursday, sank to a seven-month low, stoking fears of a significant slowing, if not hard landing, of ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-21
Ultra-luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce Motor is gearing up plans to lure more super-rich customers in China after the nation became the British firm's top market in terms of sales last year, surpassing the ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-11
A drive during rush hours from the China World Trade Center, one of the most time-honored office complexes in Beijing's central business district (CBD), to Tiantongyuan {天通苑}, a major commuter town ju ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-06
Most urban commercial banks in China have withdrawn the 15 percent lending rate discount for first-home buyers in top-tier cities since early this year as the margin on the mortgage business has been ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-04
