... early. I guess all these absurdities are written into the Chinese DNA, mine included, judging by how quickly we decide to send our children to summer school just as easily as we register for A-share ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-19
... ion. And guess what? There's only one winner, the one that in the end basks in all the glory and enjoys a richly deserved place in the spotlight All the rest fade into the background and are quickly ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-18
... to second guess the mainland's intention and lumber Beijing with supporting the insupportable. Hong Kong does not need to achieve constitutional independence from mainland China. It does need to be al ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-16
It's not every day a tank clips a car and drives away. Or a tank hits a car, full stop. So when a People's Liberation Army (PLA) behemoth punches through a guard rail and plows into a car in the oppos ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-05
... etty much guess your choice. You are no different from the many young students who responded to a survey by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The survey showed that about one in five people favored ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-01
... anyone's guess as to what exactly happened behind closed doors at the anti-graft agency, which has been facing a credibility crisis recently due to abrupt departure of some senior staff. The random, ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-01
... streets. Guess what’s happening to these outlets. We all know the answer: they are being shut down and the operators are being prosecuted. Go figure. -- Contact us at [email protected] AC/CG ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-29
... can only guess the mental anguish that this causes the non-jihadist Muslim world. But hate and xenophobia are not the sole preserve of the jihadist. An appropriate response to the attempted coup in T ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-26
... tried to guess how much she may be earning in a day's work, but judging by the willingness of commuters to spare her a few coins, she could be making more than a regular street mendicant would. Othe ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
It's definitely good news for developers, but not for someone who, in the next two months, is expected to announce he's running for a second term. The Hong Kong Economic Journal reports that the price ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-18
... e did not guess that a body like the ICAC, which has a stellar record of pursuing corruption without fear or favor, would become a target of external meddling. It is hard to exaggerate the importance ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-18
... anybody’s guess if Lam would like to throw her hat into the ring. She had been dismissing speculation about her intention to run for the top job, citing family concerns, until two months ago when she ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-07
... ations. I guess next time rubber bullets may be fired.” Henry now makes no bones about his anti-China stance: he advocates Hong Kong independence as the only way out for the territory, including its p ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-06
... he second guess is that certain front-line employee has made the decision and manipulated search results and put Clinton in a favorable light by hiding negative search results. Such speculation is not ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-14
During tough economic times, it is said, publishers usually see a pickup in their business, because people prefer reading and other cheaper ways to spend their free time. In the case of Russia, which ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-06
I pay between HK$15 (US$1.93) and HK$20 for a tube of toothpaste, and I guess that would be the average amount most people spend on the stuff. But Oral B is betting that mainland Chinese are willing t ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-30
... can only guess what kind of politician Wong would become. Yes, he appeals to a young audience's desire for a democratic flourishing of different voices in promoting his efforts to create a new TV sta ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-11
... can do is guess from the packaging whether they contain plain or chili sardines in olive oil. Luckily the probability of a successful guess is high, as Hong Kong supermarkets carry only three varietie ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-15
... can even guess what Hong Kong or mainland China will be like in 2047. But if China is still a one-party communist state, then independence is totally out of the question. Mainland leaders would never ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-14
... on their guess of the intention of the regulators. Value investors may consider such a method as more of speculation than investment. But, in most cases, the performance of the stocks is highly linke ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-05
