In the wake of China's much lower economic trajectory, prices of commodities -- from aluminum to zinc -- have declined. First to feel the impact have been neighboring countries such as Korea, Taiwan a ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
Opinion polls consistently show Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to be a highly unpopular leader. Many polls show him to be even more unpopular than Tung Chee-hwa, making him the least-liked of the thr ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-16
I predicted in early September that the Hong Kong market will consolidate in the 20,000 to 22,500 points range on the benchmark index. Last week, sentiment became more fragile ahead of the week-long ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-06
I’ve noted earlier that the US Federal Reserve should have announced the liftoff in its meeting on Sept. 17. That should have removed the uncertainties relating to the rate hike and probably helped th ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-03
Tourism in Hong Kong is at the crossroads. Golden Week no longer glitters much for retailers because mainland tourists are no longer coming as often as we want. For the first time we have seen a susta ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-01
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
