Google has just released the top 10 search topics this year but they're nowhere as interesting as those you'll find at a typical middle-class Chinese dinner table. Daughter: “Dad, why didn’t you buy a ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-17
As the harrowing drama at Lindt Cafe in Sydney unfolded on Monday, Australians turned the crisis into their finest hour, offering fellowship with Muslims who might have felt their safety was at risk a ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-16
... with a "hello again George" kind of greeting from fans. The three photographs, taken in November by Ed Lane Fox, Prince Harry’s private secretary, show George, who will be 17 months old on Dec. 22, se ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-15
What do Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-ban and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have in common? Well, all three are said to be suffering from severe diabetes, adding a ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-12
... s, especially among the younger generation, about the fight for the best electoral package possible. While there is no clear winner in the campaign, the losers are the Beijing and Hong Kong authoriti ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-11
... he yuan will not be too high compared with other currencies. It will be comparatively steady," Ng said. "It also depends on how high the dollar will go. I think it's possible that we'll see the highes ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-08
So you're sick of a constant diet of bad news -- crimes, disasters, wars -- in the media and on the internet? One website in southern Russia thought it would give its readers what they really wanted. ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-05
President Barack Obama has announced the most sweeping immigration reform in a generation, bypassing a Republican-controlled Congress by using executive authority. The move eases the threat of deporta ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-21
A Hong Kong philanthropist has made a US$25 million donation to the United Nations, enabling it spin off its humanitarian news servce IRIN as an independent Swiss-based foundation. The donation allows ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-21
Should you carry an umbrella during the winter? No, I'm not talking about the yellow item that has become a potent symbol of the civil disobedience movement, but rather the regular personal utility t ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-19
The house The Godfather built is up for sale. That's right, the English Tudor-style mansion made famous by the 1972 Oscar-winning movie about a New York mobster family can be had for US$2.895 million. ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-14
... gement skills to attend all the interviews, especially when their schedules clash. Those who only apply for one or two kindergartens are considered "abnormal". What if none of those two schools accept ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-13
In the second episode, fund manager Louis-Vincent Gave gives the reasons why he is much more positive on China than Europe, and shares his best investment bets. Overall, he remains optimistic about th ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-13
... f those will see Minsheng Bank (01988.HK, 600016.CN), China's first private lender, launch a program that rewards top-performing employees with stock at discounted prices. The second has leading state ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-11
At the opening session of the APEC summit over the weekend in Beijing, President Xi Jinping gave what state media called the clearest picture yet of the Chinese economy's "new normal", a state of the ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-11
If the iPhone 6 looks insanely thin, wait till you get your hands on an Oppo smartphone. What Oppo, you say. Exactly. Because Oppo is a company no one has heard of, although it sounds an awful lot lik ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-06
The father of a 14-year-old girl in India invited her alleged rapist to dinner, then killed him, the Indian Express reported. Furious after learning his daughter was pregnant, he fed the 45-year-old r ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-04
... l, especially for companies that made a flurry of New York offerings at the end of last year and whose shares have mostly doubled since then. One notable exception to the trend is mobile games, as two ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-28
It has long been the dream of many a harried motorist: a car that can take to the air at the flip of a button, liberating the driver from the chaos and the gridlock on the roads. Well, research has be ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-28
Who doesn't like chocolates? Everybody does. Someone advised lazybones and procrastinators to always put "eat chocolate" on their to-do list each day -- so they'll get at least one thing done. Underst ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-28
