“Occupy Central has turned Hong Kong into a complete embarrassment” screamed the headline on the front page of Global Times on Tuesday. “Every group there is enraged at this anarchy. Those who planned ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-02
Record debt and slowing growth show the global economy could be facing another crisis, the Financial Times reported Monday. The warning from the 16th annual Geneva Report comes before the Internationa ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-29
Sometimes, I feel like an air traffic controller at “rush hour” at a major international airport. My radar screen is just so full of blinking lights that it is hard to choose what to focus on. We each ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-17
Here's one kind of foreign intervention that Hong Kong would most certainly welcome. And forget about Occupy Central and universal suffrage. All these political discussions will have to give way to th ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-11
If the wide, wide world of investing doesn't seem a little strange to you these days, it can only be because you're not paying attention. If you're paying attention, strange really isn't the word you' ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-11
If telecoms equipment giant Huawei was trying to convince the world it's not closely linked to Beijing, then its new campaign to root out internal corruption certainly looks like a bad strategic move. ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-11
Many Hong Kong people are coming slowly to a reluctant acceptance of the deal offered by Beijing for the process of electing their Chief Executive in 2017 and the realization that they will never have ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-08
It's getting a lot more interesting. On the one hand, Occupy Central and its pro-democracy backers are admitting their popular support is waning. On the other, the government is ratcheting up a public ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-04
China's recent White Paper on Hong Kong has merely sought to reiterate the success of the "one country, two systems" policy, a mainland academic said, adding that the extreme reaction the document dre ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-28
Chen Guangbiao, the flamboyant Chinese businessman who famously fed New York's homeless to change their impression of rich people like him, is trying to fend off accusations he profited from the 2008 ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-27
Africa is changing dramatically – and so are outsiders’ attitudes toward it, with the United States finally seeming determined to catch up with China, Europe, and India in their interest in the contin ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-25
A proposal to give elderly people HK$3,000 (US$387.06) a month under a universal pension scheme has received lukewarm response from workers, employers and seniors, the Hong Kong Economic Journal repor ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-21
It's a piece of news that could break any father's heart. But probably more so in the case of kung fu movie idol Jackie Chan, who has been a staunch campaigner against drug abuse and trafficking. Poli ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-19
Henry Procter of Procter & Gamble once said: "I know I waste half of my advertising dollars...I just wish I knew which half." We can say the same thing about investment advice from brokerages. Onl ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-14
In my last column, my young colleague Worth Wray and I continued our series exploring the risks posed by China’s rapid private sector debt growth and its consumption-repressing, investment-heavy growt ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-13
Forgive Leung Chun-ying. He doesn’t seem to be a man who appreciates different opinions in the city he governs. But perhaps that is because he had not reached the age of 60 for according to Confucius, ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-12
If you believe all the brickbats thrown at her, you would think Guo Meimei (郭美美) is none other than the devil herself -- and she wears not only Prada but owns many other luxury brands as well. The pre ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-12
China continues to be front and center on my list of concerns, even more so than the latest Federal Reserve press release or fluctuations in the Dow. I believe China is the single biggest risk to worl ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-06
Husband: Honey, guess what? My popularity is rising. Wife: Honey, I am so happy for you. I kept my mouth shut, too. I know you didn't laugh, but that's meant to be a joke, about the morning the news c ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-30
Two weeks ago, my old friend Kuen called to ask for my ex-boss's contact number, and I invited him for lunch with my current boss Jeff. Kuen brought along his comrade Mike. We're neighbors, actually, ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-28
