... nplace in western money markets before the 2008-09 global financial crisis. Ironically, just as the PBoC is exiting financial repression, central banks in the West have moved closer and closer to regu ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-24
... Asian and western markets. For example, Asians prefer skin whitening and pigment removal while those in the West opt for something that will give them a tan. Also Westerners consider freckles cute. In ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-24
The Plaza Accord, a multilateral agreement concluded among the United States, Japan, West Germany, France and Britain in 1985 to depreciate the US dollar against the yen and the Deutsche mark, has oft ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-18
... back the West Harbour Tunnel to solve the traffic jam problem on Hong Kong Island once and for all, so why would it be willing to spend over HK$100 billion to buy back Link? Given the size of Link RE ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
... e. In the West in the post-World War II era, the liberal school of thought has dominated. Yet, as inequality has widened and concerns about it have grown, the competitive school, viewing individual re ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
A HK$4.4 million flat in Hong Kong is not hard to imagine -- it would be about average. But for that amount of money, you get a hole between two buildings in West London. Developers are waging a biddi ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-13
... em of the western frontier that roamed the continent by the millions before being hunted to near extinction in the late 1800s, adorned the back of the US five-cent coin, known as the nickel, for 25 ye ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
... occupied West Bank in March. Far-right members of Netanyahu's governing coalition demanded that Golan recant and accused him of dishonoring the dead. The prime minister himself made no public referen ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
... e Kowloon West Regional Police Headquarters raided two flats in Mirador Mansion, where luxury-brand knockoffs of low quality were found and impounded. The items included more than 60 counterfeit handb ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-06
... out 30 km west of the city of Aleppo, where a cessation of hostilities brokered by Russia and the US had brought a measure of relief on Thursday. But fighting continued nearby and President Bashar al- ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-06
... dscape in West Africa. Ask any executive of a large Chinese state-run enterprise that operates in that part of the world and you're likely to get a positive feedback about Nigeria. Even though the cou ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-05
... ms in the West won’t place links to advertisers in their results lists merely for the fees they generate. If they did, search engine users would be overwhelmed with ads instead of useful information. ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-04
... d Tai Nan West Street in Cheung Sha Wan when the taxi came barreling toward them, Apple Daily reports. The impact hurled the stroller several meters with the toddler in it while the woman was knocked ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-04
... that the West projects, the CCP’s propaganda team seems perfectly comfortable using western pop culture imagery in its productions. The paranoia doesn’t stop there. As the film Zootopia climbed the b ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-03
... n for the West Kowloon Cultural District. Leung reportedly had dealings with one of the entrants. An independent investigation panel set up by the Legislative Council expressed, in its report in 2012, ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-03
... ng deluxe western desserts. The Taikoo Sugar Refinery, established by Swire in 1884 in Quarry Bay, enjoyed a robust business. Quite renowned it was that some urban legends had developed around it. One ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-29
... a Whampoa West district council seat. There is a lesson in this for old-time politicians such as Ip. Free giveaways may help parties gain some short-term support, but what ultimately matters to our ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-29
... Kong and West Kowloon division of the Fire Services Department, said at a press conference later that the problem regarding the marquee had been raised earlier this month. But by Thursday, the event' ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-29
... e heading west and going to Silicon Valley. -- In the finance industry, big lawsuits and related costs have exerted pressure on banks' earnings. Some banks sought to cope with the situation by cutting ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-27
... adjacent west tower by over 20 percent. The overseas arm of China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (02628.HK) acquired the west tower in November last year for HK$5.85 billion, or HK$14,900 per square foot. ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-26
