Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying is to blame for Hong Kong's messy terrestrial television industry after he refused a license to Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV) two years ago. It's almost poetic ju ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-01
BYD Co. Ltd. (1211.HK) expects exponential growth in sales of its new-energy vehicles, particularly the plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHV), this year, chairman and president Wang Chuanfu said. At a post-re ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-30
A number of Hong Kong-listed exchange traded funds (ETFs) that track specific sectors in the A-share market will be on the horizon if A shares are included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, State St ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-30
A terrifying phone call to a mother last week should serve as a warning to the public about phone scams. The mother, whose son is a primary school student at the Victoria Shanghai Academy (VSA) in Sha ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-25
Europe is on the cusp of an unprecedented technological transformation. I call it the Internet of Everything: the penetration of the World Wide Web into the everyday aspects of our lives. Wearable tec ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
Li Ning Co. Ltd. (02331.HK) aims to break even this year after spending two years consolidating its business. The sports apparel company, headed by former national athlete Li Ning, saw sales grow 23 p ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
Chinese sports apparel brand Li Ning has joined hands with smartphone maker Xiaomi to produce a line of "smart" running shoes. It marks the latest effort by Li Ning to recapture its glory days. Given ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
LeTV, a smart television made by a Chinese company, has bugs in its operating system that make it vulnerable to hackers. The vulnerability allows malicious programs to be installed in its built-in ope ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-16
Being a dominant player in China's e-commerce market is obviously not enough for Alibaba. Aside from snapping up or buying into a wide range of technology companies, it is also moving into another new ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-13
While mainlanders now use their smartphones to pay for taxi fares, Hong Kong people still settle daily transactions with cash, Octopus smart card or credit card. And if Hong Kong people like to earn b ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-12
Video consumption by Facebook users has grown exponentially in Hong Kong, thanks to a surge in online posts and growing number of mobile smart-device users, a company official says. In the city, vid ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-10
One Man's View of the World, written by Singapore founding father Lee Kuan Yew, offers his insightful and candid views and forecasts for the world. Some of Lee’s analysis applies well in investment. C ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
Observers might be forgiven for thinking that so-called clean technology’s moment in the sun has passed. Over the past two years, many clean tech equity indices have performed poorly. In Europe, solar ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
After a painful but necessary restructuring, telecoms stalwart ZTE (00763.HK; 000063.CN) has largely withdrawn from the price wars that have plagued China's smartphone market and is focusing on a stra ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-04
The three district councilors with the poorest attendance record all come from rural committees in the North District, Cable TV reported Monday. Councilor Hau Chi-keung attended the fewest meetings am ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
China's economy has been cooling down since 2008 and uncertainties have been on the rise. This has prompted President Xi Jinping to lay out social stability as a key task for the government. The mainl ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
Hong Kong's longstanding strategy of relying on low-cost foreign domestic helpers to meet the needs of the city's wealthier residents may need to be revisited soon as the economies of southeast Asian ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
Legislator Ip Kwok-him of the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) said pan-democrats would face a landslide loss if District Council elections were to be ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
The turn of the Chinese calendar is a few days away, and ill fortune will be swept away as it is every year for incoming luck. But for all the well wishes you get for good fortune, happiness, wealth a ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-18
Forget iPhone 6 or iPad 3. It's sort of nice to have them, but neither would probably make you scream in delight when your name is announced as the winner of the grand prize at the Lunar New Year offi ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16