For the first time in a century, American newspapers are making more money from street sales and subscriptions than from advertising. It seems selling ad space to subsidize circulation belongs to an o ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-06
What does the Hong Kong Philharmonic's board of governors think about the orchestra's chief financial officer allegedly offering over HK$1 million (US$128,860) in contracts to her daughter's firm? Unl ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-05
Thanks to Hong Kong's gentrification, the place where you work indicates your standing in the social pyramid. If you commute to Central each day, you are probably a banker, a stock broker, a lawyer or ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-28
If memory serves, the Moon is America’s turf. Over the course of six manned missions, the United States sent 24 astronauts to the Moon, 12 of whom actually walked around on the lunar surface, planting ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-26
A goods truck stopped across both lanes of the Tseung Kwan O tunnel on Sunday afternoon, putting the traffic going to Tseung Kwan O to a complete halt for more than an hour, news website hk01.com repo ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-25
It boggles the mind as to why the police, who have always been so obsessed with preserving public order, would give permission to the Cathay Pacific Airways Flight Attendants Union to stage a large si ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-21
Classified ads may not sound like the sexiest area of the internet, but they've provided some strong growth for the acquisitive 58.com (WUBA.US), which is fast emerging as a leader in the space and is ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-20
Hong Kong had an Internet Finance Summit in the city last weekend, with top industry players in attendance. Now, it's time to ask this question: what progress has the territory achieved in financial t ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-19
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
