... led out a western-style QE, money supply remained high. The cuts are not expected to have any immediate impact on stocks and the economy which had both stabilized before the announcement was made. Wit ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
... inese and Western-style breakfasts may find it hard to pass nutrition tests, Japanese cusine -- be it a small bowl of rice with a piece of salted fish or even sushi -- is likely to gain popularity as ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
... )." While Western media has reported extensively on the slowdown in the growth rate of the Chinese economy, Osborne noted: "Even as China’s growth slows, it will continue to be a powerhouse for the gl ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
Russian military equipment maker Rostec has been shifting its focus to China and other emerging markets from the United States and Europe. The move comes as Russia continues to struggle under western ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
... developed western regions like Xinjiang and Guangxi and provide an overseas market to mop up China’s vast overcapacity in steel, cement and chemicals. What next? None of the discussion will be public. ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
... nes are a western conspiracy to harm Muslims, and that the vaccines sterilize children, are infected with HIV or contain pork. But it is important to note that jihadists in Syria and Afghanistan have ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
... bosses in Western indicate that they would like to see a bit of shouting and when an institutional convention of separation of powers becomes inconvenient, she simply ignores it. There are two other l ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-24
... ntral and Western District were surrounded by garbage, Apple Daily noted. The trail, established in 1996 by the Central & Western District Council and stretching over a distance of 3.3 kilometers, ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-22
Western Digital Corp. has agreed to buy SanDisk Corp. for about US$19 billion in cash and stock in a deal that moves the disk drive maker into a faster-growing business segment. SanDisk is a major sup ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-22
... ntral and Western District, for example, the number of votes secured by democrats was 18,195, compared with 23,766 votes for the pro-Beijing camp. But in the Legislative Council election in 2012, the ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-20
... ations of western democracy, given that the "universal values" they express have been held in utter contempt by Beijing since Xi took office. A more likely interpretation is that Xi was merely boastin ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-20
... ventional Western thinking. Don’t let the renminbi depreciate, it wrote, for four reasons: depreciation might provoke a currency war in Asia; China’s companies are awash in dollar-denominated debt; de ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-20
Hard disk drive maker Western Digital Corp. has emerged as the strongest suitor of SanDisk Corp. in a potential acquisiton deal for the US$14.6 billion memory chip maker. Western Digital and SanDisk a ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-20
... tside the Western Police Station in Des Voeux Road West when the man stabbed two unsuspecting passers-by. His victims -- a man and a woman -- sustained wounds in the right forearm, and in the shoulder ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
... 125), the Western Xia (1038-1227), the Jin (1115-1234) and the Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties. The Qing dynasty, founded by the Manchu people, ruled the Han Chinese for nearly three centuries, from 1644 t ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
Chinese President Xi Jinping praised Britain for its "visionary" choice to strengthen commercial ties with China, and urged other Western powers to follow suit. "The UK has stated that it will be the ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
... cess that Western officials say is likely to take at least two months. Sunday was "adoption day" for the agreement clinched in Vienna by Iran, the US, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China and en ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
... economy. Western nations have overcome some risks after the financial crisis, while emerging markets are still struggling with more volatile currencies. China is also facing unprecedented challenges, ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
... le off to Western for orders. And they can also take comfort from the fact that when it comes to the battle of fundamental ideas, they are allied with the majority of Hongkongers, who have not given u ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
... h country western-style signage, sizzling food stalls handing out free shots of rum with impressive queues for burgers and fries, and tents billowing in wind that’s coming off Victoria Harbour over th ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
