Tencent-backed insurance startup Waterdrop is looking for fresh financing at a valuation of at least US$1 billion, Bloomberg reported. The disruptor insurance company will work with Tencent to develop ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-02
The modern American economy was shaped by four major infrastructure initiatives, each of which was too big for the private sector to take on alone: the continent-wide railroad network, the interstate ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-02
Hong Kong’s housing market has rebounded much faster than most have expected. As the supply of flats priced under HK$6 million continues to dry up, owning a home has increasingly become a remote dream ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-02
In 2013, I embarked on two projects at Alibaba: how to use data to drive each business unit, and how to automate the data analysis process. Many were skeptical initially, but it turned out that huge b ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-02
Earlier, we talked about a team in Singapore that develops teaching resources on computer coding, which were then localized and introduced in Hong Kong. Many people are curious to know: why do these p ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-02
A young Hong Kong man who is wanted for murder in Taiwan and triggered a controversial move by the Hong Kong government to revise its extradition law was on Monday sentenced to jail by a local court o ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-30
Governments around the world are stepping up efforts to strengthen STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education for their young people. Hong Kong is no exception. The city's top lead ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-30
US President Donald Trump said last week that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will be coming to the White House soon, fueling talk that the two sides may wrap up a long-awaited trade deal. Meanwhil ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-30
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While cryptocurrencies are on the rise, their susceptibility to speculative activities and resulting price volatility have reduced their appeal to investors, particularly in the United States, Europe ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-29
We say 130,000. They say 23,800. Those are the widely different estimates of the number of people who joined Sunday's pro-democracy march, the former from the organizers and the other from the police ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-29
Artificial Intelligence (AI) already outperforms junior pediatricians in diagnosing common child diseases, according to a study published by Nature Medicine. The conclusion is quite reasonable. Young ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-29
From the Occupy Wall Street campaign in the United States in 2011 to the ongoing Yellow Vest protests in France, the tensions and confrontations between the haves and the have-nots in Western society ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-26
Microsoft posted strong third-quarter results driven by a robust cloud business. Its share price rose 5 percent at one point on Thursday, pushing the company's market cap beyond US$1 trillion. Founded ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-26
China’s Belt and Road initiative must be green and sustainable, President Xi Jinping said at the opening of a summit on his grand plan on Friday, adding that the massive infrastructure and trade plan ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-26
The Medical Council of Hong Kong, which oversees the registration of medical practitioners in the city, will vote on a new plan to ease the severe staff shortage in public hospitals, after it rejected ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-26
China is hosting the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, a three-day event that got underway in Beijing on Thursday. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was first put forward by P ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-26
Australia has become the first country ever to pass legislation prohibiting the sharing of “abhorrent violent material” on the internet. The trouble with the legislation is that the role of detecting ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-26
