The world may be going to hell in a hand basket but a journey through parts of England in July served as a timely reminder that this is still a green and pleasant land. Landing in the early morning at ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-03
This is my last column in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, and I would like to share some thoughts with my readers. I’m grateful to all who have expressed their care and concern over the past weekend, ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-02
Anti-US protests have recently broken out in at least 11 cities across mainland China, with young protesters shouting patriotic slogans in front of American fastfood chains like KFCs. Public opinion i ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-29
James Tien Pei-chun seems to be perfectly happy with the moniker "Naughty kid in the pro-Beijing camp", which he earned after he almost single-handedly shot down the Tung Chee-hwa regime's bid in 2003 ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-27
It is doubtful if there is any expatriate in Hong Kong who is more popular than Clifford Hart, aka Clifford BB. For one thing, the outgoing US Consul General speaks perfect Cantonese (and also Putongh ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-20
Once again, young people have gotten the short end of the political stick. The outcome of the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum is but another reminder of a yawning generational divide that cuts acro ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
I used to feel sorry for columnists whose works have been mistaken for “advertorials”, articles in a newspaper or magazine that are actually paid advertisements in the form of an editorial content. Bu ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-15
California Fitness, the largest gym operator in Hong Kong with about 100,000 members, has closed all its 12 outlets across the city. Many can't understand why the company would suffer huge losses when ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-15
Whenever the term “roadway” comes up, people often automatically associate it with the part of the main road that is exclusively for cars. Only a few would think of it as part of public space in urban ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-12
Monocle, a London-based international lifestyle magazine for the well-heeled, has released its Quality of Life list, an annual ranking of the most livable cities in the world based on a survey of the ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-11
Unhappy with the protection provided by the Hong Kong police and traumatized by his eight months of detention in the mainland, bookseller Lam Wing-kee is likely to seek asylum in Taiwan or the United ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-11
The UK referendum will impact capital flows in Europe and interest rate policy in the US, and may also have a knock-on effect on Hong Kong's property market. A key thing to watch in the wake of the Br ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-07
Former Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-wah recently weighed in on the difficulties the current administration is facing, saying the inability of the government to govern effectively has its roots in the fa ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-07
It is a fact that many Hong Kong people don't like Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. But does this hatred run so deep that if the central government offers him a second term, a million people will take ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-04
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has given one of the strongest signals yet that he is keen on seeking a second term, but he won't announce his decision until after the Legislative Council elections in ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-29
A Hong Kong-based Nepalese has been in school for 10 years, not to study but to help his compatriots adapt to their new environment while teaching them to love their own culture and national identity. ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-22
Hong Kong police have stepped up the issuance of illegal parking tickets without prior warning. In a single week, authorities have issued over 40,000 tickets, pouring millions of dollars into governme ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-17
Last month, Austria avoided the election of a president from the xenophobic Freedom Party by the skin of its teeth. The Freedom Party is now challenging the result. Given the worrying nature of the po ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-17
Wang Ming works for a “zombie” company owned by a regional government. Hearing the repeated pledges by the mainland's top leaders to shut down excessive capacity and allow heavily indebted, uncompetit ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-16
Representatives from several political and civic organizations staged a march in Hong Kong on Monday to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the death of Chinese dissident Li Wangyang. The group marc ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-07
