After the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Beijing followed in the footsteps of the United States and adopted a quantitative easing monetary policy. ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-29
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the city’s de facto central bank, is warning about “uncertainty” in the all-important housing market, where transactions plunged last month. But Michael Spencer, Asia ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-22
In a major speech to the sixth Central Tibet Work Conference in Beijing in late August, President Xi Jinping said one key policy was to promote the use of Putonghua and simplified characters. He was r ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-22
Kate March began showing a keen interest in dance since the age of three, helping her blossom into an acclaimed choreographer in later years. However, it took her some time to realize that dancing was ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-19
All eyes will be on the US Federal Reserve this week as it decides whether to raise interest rates on Thursday. Fed officials are due to convene the Federal Open Market Committee, a crucial meeting ex ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-14
This year, another batch of my employees marked a whole decade in the company. When I started my business, I spent long hours reading all kinds of management books, hoping to learn tricks on how to ma ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-10
Beijing's grand commemorations of 70 years of Japan's defeat in World War Two may have whipped up a new tidal wave of national pride among the masses. The Communist authorities, meanwhile, have been ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-08
Riding a tram during autumn evenings along with a loved one has been one of my favorite pastimes when I was young. We would get on the tram from Causeway Bay and feel the breeze, then get off in Cent ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-29
The recent market crash in A shares has exposed various problems. The China Securities Regulatory Commission has restricted 34 stock accounts that have been short-selling A shares using program tradin ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-22
In 2009, celebrated author Haruki Murakami made a controversial trip to Jerusalem to accept a literary award amid calls by rights activists to boycott the event in protest of Israel's recent bombing o ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-20
From an economic viewpoint, the renminbi will be excessively strong if it appreciates along with the US dollar. Such an appreciation will deviate from China’s economic slowdown and cause more damage t ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-17
“It took us four years entirely, from pre-kindergarten to kindergarten 3. We first moved to an elite primary school NET. On top of attending the kindergarten, my son took part in eight activities ever ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-08
Hong Kong has changed a lot in the past three years, so much so that even scientists -- who normally stay inside the ivory tower and their laboratories concentrating on experiments -- feel that the co ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-05
Can you make something suddenly disappear just by not talking about it? Maybe magicians can, but even magicians don't actually make things disappear. They just use tricks of the eye to make people thi ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-05
Even in normal times, individual and institutional investors alike have a hard time figuring out where to invest and in what. Should one invest more in advanced or emerging economies? And which ones? ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-28
The sudden ouster of two ministers last Tuesday reflects the rabid infighting within the ruling class. Leung Chun-ying announced his cabinet reshuffle – new Secretary for Home Affairs Lau Kong-wah and ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-27
European monetary union was never a good idea. I remember my surprise when, as a young assistant professor, I realized that I was opposed to the Maastricht Treaty. I believed then – and still do – tha ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-23
As Beijing swelters in Asia under temperatures of more than 40 degrees Celsius, London has a relatively cooler summer in Europe with average readings of around 25 degrees. Now, if you are a Hongkonger ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-18
Winnie Tseng and Jeremy Jacobson have been enjoying themselves thoroughly after taking early retirement at the end of 2012, when they were both still in their thirties. The couple has been traveling ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-11
US healthcare stocks are one of my favorites all the time, in particular those from the biotech segment. The biotech index has soared to 3,906.45 from 937.65 in 2007, equivalent to an annualized retur ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-11
