... the dark side of the pan-democratic camp. The administration of CY Leung has played a key role in limiting press freedom by showing preference for "loyal and friendly" media outlets in granting inter ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... , the two sides have different regulatory regimes which pose a lot of difficulties in buying and selling simultaneously through the two bourses, even for the same stock. Moreover, the concessions offe ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... the flip side of China’s surplus was huge credit-fueled deficits elsewhere, particularly in the US. When the credit bubble collapsed in 2008, China’s export markets suffered. In order to stave off jo ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... emains considerable. Indeed, before vaccination made measles a rarity, the disease was widely feared, killing thousands of children every year. The tragic irony of vaccination in America is that it ha ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
Moments before the New Year Eve countdown, I took a snapshot of the Shanghai Bund and uploaded it onto Facebook. It was the last virtual contact I had with those outside the Great Firewall of China f ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
... ort to President Hassan Rouhani's decision to negotiate with Western nations on the country's nuclear development program, a policy opposed by powerful hardliners at home, the news agency said. "As th ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
... , since a side effect of the protein is that it raises the body's temperature slightly. -- Contact us at [email protected] KZ/AC/FL ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-06
... he weaker side of the daily trading band. The Chinese currency has gained over 10 percent since mid-2014 in tandem with the greenback. Total social financing dropped 5 percent by the end of December, ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
... his gruff side this year". The HSI will not perform spectacularly this year as the rooster clashes with the goat, causing it to falter. The index is expected to be volatile after a mundane start. But ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
A TransAsia Airways jet that plunged into a river shortly after takeoff from Taipei airport Wednesday lurched between buildings and clipped a taxi and an overpass before crashing upside down, official ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
... eries of “side effects”. Yau, Secretary for Transport and Housing Anthony Cheung Bing-leung and Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying all argued that the implementation of rent control might lead to a decli ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
... ns on the side closer to where the market is trading, and that is what is happening now. Since November the spread between the spot rate and the midpoint has tripled. The 14-day moving average of spot ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
... f rural residents using hygienic toilets to 85 percent by 2020," Zhang said, adding that his government body was interested in seeing the new designs that come from the Gates Foundation campaign. To b ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
... wireline side that we think would be better off in somebody else's hands so we can focus our energy in a little bit more narrow geography," Verizon's chief executive Lowell McAdam said last month. Di ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
... the other side feel comfortable and see potential for future synergy. Chinese enterprises must follow the example of Japan, which switched to a low-key approach in overseas deals after some high-profi ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-02
... the other side of the coin. A lot of mainland immigrants actually have professional qualifications or rich work experience. However, many of these people have discovered that their qualifications are ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-02
... servative side). Yet, as the paper points out, past figures cannot serve as a reliable reference, especially in the volatile and constantly changing world of finance and economy. Examples abound. One ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-02
... nt may consider integrating existing services and providing one-stop matchmaking and business counseling to successful ITF applicants. It is also important to strengthen the demand-side policy, for ex ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-02
... ng Kong residents, prompting complaints about long delays. Some residents said they waited twice as long to clear the e-channels, the report said A government spokesman said 49 e-channels and 64 immi ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-02
... e eastern side of North Point earned its name. Reclamation projects since the early 1900s have pushed the coastline into Victoria Harbor, expanding North Point further to the north. Not many young pe ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30