... that Hong Kong has been key to MUJI’s rise and fall in overseas markets in recent years. MUJI opened its first Hong Kong store in 1992, making the city one of the first overseas locations the brand t ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-28
... from Hong Kong and Taiwan, thanks to its geography advantage. So are Shenzhen and the tech firms headquartered in the city being particularly singled out by the Trump administration? Not really! I b ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-28
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal on May 24 Translation by Julie Zhu [Chinese version 中文版] – Contact us at [email protected] BN/CG ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-24
... e in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Europe and the United States. It has also achieved great success in China. MUJI now has 260 shops in mainland China, 20 in Hong Kong and 48 in Taiwan. The number of ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-24
In a previous article, I wrote that Taiwan has the potential to replace Hong Kong as a unique bridge between China and the United States. Now, the worsening US-China tech war might create just the kin ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-22
... and Hong Kong. “I don’t oppose buying high-end chips from the US. I think we should use their high-end chips as much as possible and try to understand how they work. When they no longer sell their ch ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-21
... ever, the Kobe-based company posted a 94 percent slide in net profit for the fiscal year ending in March, triggering a 20 percent plunge in its share price on Wednesday. Does that mean the acquisition ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-17
Many small investors in the city fall prey to all kinds of investment scams. In one of the latest cases, at least 100 Hongkongers were trapped by a claw machine investment scam, which claimed to offer ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-16
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal on May 10 Translation by Julie Zhu [Chinese version 中文版] – Contact us at [email protected] RT/CG ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-14
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal on May 9 Translation by Julie Zhu with additional reporting [Chinese version 中文版] – Contact us at [email protected] RT/CG ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-10
Claw crane shops, where customers lower a grabber to try to pick up a prize from a glass box, have seen a surge in popularity in Hong Kong. Some of these shops offer premium prizes such as iPhones, an ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-09
