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
... o moves collectively seem to show that Beijing may be tiring of the steady stream of recent high-profile disputes with its major trading partners and wants to remove this kind of headache as it focuse ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-21
... rance. I'll admit I'm writing about this particular story partly for sentimental reasons, since Universal Parks & Resorts first announced its plans to build theme parks in Beijing shortly after I ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-14
... mage globally. In theory, the idea is to increase mutual awareness and understanding between China and the rest of the world by teaching Chinese language and introducing Chinese culture. In practice, ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-07
The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States is "fighting for his life" in a Dallas hospital, according to a federal health official who voiced confidence that the infection would not sp ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-06
Just months after tapping financial markets for nearly US$250 million, solar panel maker Trina (TSL.US) has announced another plan to raise a similar amount as it tries to take advantage of improving ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-03
... eniors. Called The Kinnet (not Xbox Kinect, but the name exudes energy nonetheless), the gym -- wellness center, if you like -- offers yoga, dance and music lessons for people who are 50 plus. The Kin ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-26
... events will take place separately online but within hours of each other, with the Hong Kong marathon registration opening at 7 a.m. and Cathay Pacific Airways launching its popular seat sales for bar ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-15
Morning alarm is annoying, right? But an app called "Who wakes me up" will make the exercise less so. It might even make things interesting, especially when you don't know who is going to get you out ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-11
Money, money, money. Always sunny. In the rich man's world. Aha-ahaaa. All the things I could do. If I had a little money.... The Swedish pop group ABBA got it perfectly right when it penned those ly ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-10
... eding a call to arms by their leaders when they announced a week-long class boycott to protest Beijing's newly announced framework for the 2017 chief executive election. They're backed by more than 20 ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-05
Hong Kong University supports freedom of speech and encourages students to express their opinions and participate in social activities, vice-chancellor Peter Mathieson said Wednesday. Students are enc ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-27
... s would tell their children. It comes from an age-old belief that some mooncakes contain a secret message. The origins of this tale go back to the latter part of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 A.D.) whic ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-27
... good you'll want to lick them." Owner Stephane Bohbot describes Lick as a geeks' paradise and a throwback to the days of tech discovery. "We have stuff you never even knew existed,” he told the Finan ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-27
Everything is bigger in Texas, or so its residents love to say. And they have another proof to embellish that claim. A beer company is stuffing beer into a seven-foot-long pack that contains three row ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-27
