As I have mentioned several times recently, do not underestimate the Federal Reserve’s dovish character. However, if you overestimated the European central bank’s dovish character, you may also lose ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-05
In a recent interview with the South China Morning Post, Feng Wei, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, gave his views on the recent Mong Kok clashes and Legislative Council by-e ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-24
Several moves taken by Beijing in recent years in relation to Hong Kong, such as the publication of a white paper on "One Country, Two Systems” by the State Council in June 2014 and the so-called "Aug ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-23
China's central bank sent an urgent message to the US Federal Reserve last year seeking advice on dealing with a stock market crash, Reuters reported. When the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index plung ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-22
No matter how chaotic the voting was, extra funding for the controversial express rail link is in the interest of Hong Kong, and so was Chan Kam-lam’s nasty way of ending the filibusters. The reason: ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-21
You can change Hong Kong this coming September. I wish I could say you have a chance to change it for the better. But the sad reality is that you cannot. It doesn’t really matter which way you vote in ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-15
Central and Western district councilor Ted Hui Chi-fung from the Democratic Party came under attack by council members from the pro-establishment camp after he brought his daughter to a council meetin ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-11
Risky assets have recorded their worst performance at the beginning of the year. The concerns are about developed economies like the United States and Europe, a slowdown in China and the bearish commo ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
Mak Kin, the owner of a newspaper stall in front of the HSBC headquarters in Central, has died at the age of 80. Senior management of the bank attended her funeral service and floral offerings from bo ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
The question I am asked most often nowadays is this: Are we back to 2008 and another global financial crisis and recession? My answer is a straightforward no, but that the recent episode of global fin ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-07
A 30-year-old mother from southwestern China's Chongqing municipality has designed a harsh study regimen for her nine-year-old son, which leaves the boy with only six hours of sleep at night. A photo ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-04
All roads lead to betting shops with thousands of players hoping to land the big prize in the 40th anniversary draw of the Hong Kong Mark Six lottery on Tuesday. Up for grabs is a HK$100 million (US$1 ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah said in his budget speech that "tension and turbulence are mounting in Hong Kong. Many of us feel suffocated and helpless with the tiresome confrontations day i ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-26
A woman who vented her anger recently at a LegCo panel hearing as she spoke about the various problems faced by Hongkongers has now won even more fame and attention. The reason: Her three-minute rant, ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-24
Beijing has labeled the Mong Kok "fishball revolution", which took place amid the government's mainlandization push and widespread discontent among the masses, a "riot premeditated by a small bunch of ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-24
China has in the past decade witnessed a spike in "mass incidents", a term that is in fact a fancy alternative to words like protests or riots in the Communist Party’s official discourse. Hong Kong ha ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
An old friend of mine was in an excellent mood and suggested we all have a barbecue night. Deep Water Bay on southern Hong Kong Island or Bride’s Pool in Tai Po instantly popped into my mind. However ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-08
A Putonghua rap song performed by American comedian Jesse Appell, which mocks the reimbursement culture in China, has gone viral on social media, news portal hk01.com reports. The song "Reimburse That ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-05
Hong Kong is a free economy. You can do whatever you like, buy anything you want or go anyplace as long as it is within the bounds of law. No one can force you to do or not to do anything. But recentl ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-04
The Bank of Japan's move last Friday to implement a negative interest rate policy was taken by the markets as a positive step. Stock markets around the world jumped higher, and bond yields fell. Howev ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
