Deutsche Boerse A.G., which operates the fourth largest exchange in the world by market capitalization, has decided to establish a clearing house in Singapore rather than expand its clearing and settl ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-23
With demonstrations in Hong Kong going on for almost a month, tensions between the police and students have escalated. BBC World News’ Babita Sharma joined the protesters when they first took to the s ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-23
Chinese CEOs should learn to delegate more responsibility to utilize the talents of the professionals in their companies better, said Steve Tappin, a management expert who specializes in coaching the ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-22
Eleven years after China launched the individual visit scheme for mainland travelers, the influx of visitors has created a one-dimensional tourism culture in Hong Kong, namely shopping. The rush has c ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-09
Strengthening 'two systems' After China's State Council released its white paper on the "one country, two systems" policy, many Hong Kong people became worried that the city would gradually shift to a ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-06
Hong Kong people’s confidence in the “one country, two systems” principle has plummeted following a series of moves by the central government that were seen as threats to the city's freedoms. In a sur ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-06
The contrast could not be starker. On Sunday, police in full riot gear cracked down on unarmed student protesters with tear gas and pepper spray in Admiralty, turning it into a virtual battlefield. T ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-30
It will take a long time to rebuild Hong Kong people's trust in the police, who used tear gas and pepper spray on the protesters on Sunday, Executive Council member Bernard Chan told EJ Insight in an ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-29
Expect no lai see, not even a small token, if you're not a real Buddhist monk. The problem for Kagyu Monlam Office, a Tibetan Buddhist group which is proposing the freeze-out, is that in their finest ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-19
Wuzhou International Holdings Ltd. (01369.HK), an operator of trade centers and logistics platforms in China, is in talks with Alibaba Group for possible cooperation after securing financing from Ping ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-19
The political future of Scotland, which will be determined in a vital referendum by over four million voters this Thursday, has come in for much debate in Europe in recent days. Hong Kong people have ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-17
Nexmo Inc., a US firm involved in cloud-based communication services, plans to expand its Chinese business and lure mid-size 'over-the-top' service providers in the country after roping in big names s ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-11
In a rare news conference Wednesday, former Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa made an emotional appeal to the locals to accept China's proposal on the election process for the territory's next l ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-05
Former director of housing Duncan Pescod, the most senior non-Chinese official in Hong Kong until his retirement in April, is to join the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority next month in the new ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-02
The United States has prohibited its officials from taking part in the ice bucket challenge although the game originated in the country. Clifford Hart, the US consul general to Hong Kong and Macau, sa ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-22
Chinese firms will be looking to carve off a bigger piece of the Australian beef industry in the next few years as mainland food companies look offshore to feed China's 1.35 billion people, according ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-07
With China's air getting filthier by the day thanks to excessive coal-burning by power plants and some other industries, authorities have been scrambling for alternative energy sources. Against this b ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-07
As public service announcements go, Hong Kong's mass transit railway operator is up there with the most persistent. Passengers are continually warned to mind the platform gap, watch their step and not ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-04
Minmetals Land Ltd. (00230.HK), a real-estate arm of China Minmetals Corp., expects to acquire one million square meters of land within the next five months by spending about 5 billion yuan (US$810 mi ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-04
Chinese TV decoder maker SMiT is expanding into India and Russia, among other emerging markets this year, as it rides the smart TV wave around the world. The Hong Kong-based company has become a domin ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-22
