Nearly seven years after it was blocked in China, Twitter named Kathy Chen (陳葵) as its new chief for Greater China, upsetting Chinese users with her background working with the Chinese government and ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-19
You do not judge a book by its cover. At least you flip to the end of it. Likewise, you cannot make pronouncements on Tsim Sha Tsui's prosperity without making trips to the basements of its many shopp ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-18
Most economists nowadays are pessimistic about the world economy’s growth prospects. The World Bank has yet again downgraded its medium-term projections and economists the world over are warning that ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-18
A strong earthquake hit southwestern Japan on Thursday, bringing down some buildings, killing at least nine people and injuring hundreds, Reuters said, citing local media reports. But he nuclear regul ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-15
Billionaire internet investor Yuri Milner has launched another US$100 million to better understand the cosmos, this time by deploying thousands of tiny spacecraft to travel to our nearest neighboring ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-13
China, Russia and the European Space Agency (ESA) each have plans to build a moon base — with permanent structures where humans can live and work. NASA, meanwhile, has long set its sights on Mars, but ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-29
“We woke up free, democratized and wealthy.” So said a friend writing from Yangon, responding to a query about the newly minted president-elect of Myanmar (also known as Burma). It was a line loaded w ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-23
In its game plan, Beijing intends to make Hong Kong a showcase of its "one country, two systems" policy in a bid to attract Taiwan to accept a reunification deal with the People's Republic of China. H ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-22
A joint European-Russian mission aimed at searching for signs of life on Mars was launched on Monday. The spacecraft, part of the ExoMars program, blasted off from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-15
How dare these Beijing loyalists tell us to move to China for a better quality of life. If living in the mainland is so great, why don't they be the first ones to move over there and prove their undyi ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-11
China's internet censors have shut down the South China Morning Post's social media accounts, effectively eradicating the Hong Kong English-language newspaper's online presence in the mainland. The SC ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-09
Cho Chi-Ming, who was my boss and close friend for more than 20 years, passed away last week. Also known as Cho Yan-chiu, he was my mentor after I joined the Hong Kong Economic Journal in 1979 followi ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
So far this series on my favorite Chinese stocks has focused on big names like Tencent (00700.HK) and Fosun International (00656.HK), which are sector leaders with strong, focused management. But hidi ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-01
Alphabet Inc.'s Google said it bears "some responsibility" after one of its self-driving cars struck a municipal bus in a minor crash earlier this month. The crash may be the first case of one of its ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-01
Miss your romantic trysts at the Romance Hotel in Kowloon Tong, with its mirrored ceilings, jacuzzi, piped-in music and on-demand adult videos? Get used to the idea. These days, it's getting harder ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
More prime store sites on Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui are being left vacant amid a lackluster retail outlook that is expected to further weigh on occupancy rates, the Hong Kong Economic Journal repor ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
The Washington Post ran an article in May last year on how a 99 US cent Amazon Kindle ebook may have saved NASA and the Mars space program. Incidentally, it became a New York Times bestseller and, as ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
Human workers are reclaiming space on Mercedes-Benz assembly lines as they prove robots are no match to their flexibility and dexterity. The German carmaker believes customization holds the key to woo ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-26
I would wager that I have been chancellor of more universities than anyone alive today. This is partly because when I was governor of Hong Kong, I was made chancellor of every university in the city. ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
I once heard at a church gathering how a Christian took a homeless man to his place, cleaned him up, fed him and let him stay for a period. A person with such a big heart is truly exceptional. James F ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-20
