In the run-up to Taiwan's January presidential election, China is taking economic, political, military and diplomatic steps in an effort to prevent President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-23
Thousands of students took to the streets of Australia and other Asia-Pacific countries on Friday to kick off a global strike demanding world leaders gathering for a UN Climate Action Summit adopt urg ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-20
Technologies such as face recognition and radio frequency identification (RFID) have sparked privacy controversies around the globe, with people fretting about systems that can be used for surveillanc ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-13
STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education has been advocated for about 10 years, and has become one of the most sought after subjects in Hong Kong. Let us now look into some new d ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-11
WeWork owner The We Company is considering slashing the valuation it will seek in an initial public offering to a little over US$20 billion, less than half the US$47 billion valuation it achieved in a ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-06
Google, which is owned by Alphabet Inc., and its YouTube video service will pay US$170 million to settle allegations that it broke federal law by collecting personal information about children, Reuter ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-05
(First of a two-part interview with Kristo Käärmann, co-founder and CEO of TransferWise) According to World Bank estimates, an estimated 270 million migrants around the world will send a combined US$6 ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-02
Since China regained sovereignty over Hong Kong on July 1, 1997, the city has prospered economically, but festered politically. Now, one of the world’s richest cities is engulfed by protests, which ha ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-28
Smartphone makers have been busy in recent months getting their new flagship products ready for this fall. Amid this activity, some players seem to resorting to, shall we say, sleight of hand as they ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-27
CK Asset Holdings (01113.HK), controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, said it will pay 2.7 billion pounds (US$3.28 billion) to acquire the 220-year-old pub and beer company Greene King in the ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-22
Direct observations from a NASA space telescope have for the first time revealed the atmospheric void of a rocky, Earth-sized world beyond our own solar system orbiting the most common type of star in ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-21
The first American spacecraft expected to land on the moon in nearly 50 years will be an unmanned robotic lander built by closely held Astrobotic Technology Inc. and launched in two years by United La ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-20
A protest march in Hung Hom and To Kwa Wan on Saturday passed without any major incident, prompting sighs of relief from authorities and local residents as well as the event organizer. The demonstrati ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-19
Thematic investing is gaining popularity as investors look to invest in a way that aligns with their interests and values. Without typically being restricted to a certain sector, region, market cap si ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-15
Keith Fong Chung-yin, president of the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) Students’ Union, has been released unconditionally after police came under fire for arresting him for possessing laser pointe ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-09
You gotta love China Mobile (00941.HK): it really knows how to cheer up local media. The state-owned telecoms operator on Thursday gifted each reporter attending its interim results announcement with ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-09
An app that puts hundreds of dishes at your fingertips, then delivers your lunch by drone. A fully automated robot restaurant where machines take your order, cook your food and bring it to your table. ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-01
As the political turmoil created by the extradition bill continues, media focus is now beginning to shift toward the November District Council election. Parties across the political spectrum are aggre ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-30
Payment processing systems had been under the grip of big banks, credit card issuers and a few IT service providers for years, creating hegemony of sorts in the key support business for financial tran ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
