A businessman from Zhengzhou, in central China's Henan province, said he was stopped by police officers eight times in one day after he put up a new car plate on his low-cost minivan. Police became su ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-30
A man narrowly escaped injury when an escalator in the Causeway Bay MTR station jammed and broke apart under his feet. The passenger, surnamed Chung, said he was lucky to walk away unscathed, Apple Da ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
What happens when you cook a 4,192 kg. fried rice? You end up in the Guinness World Records and leave a bad taste in the mouth. Netizens found the whole thing distasteful after organizers of a massive ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
Some mainland youngsters are so desperate to acquire the iPhone 6S they are willing to sell their kidneys to raise enough money for the latest Apple smartphone. But there's a less risky alternative: w ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-17
An elderly man who fell off his motorcycle in a flooded street in central China's Henan province lay dying as passers-by walked past him or approached him and left. The incident was captured on a surv ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
China’s stocks rallied on Thursday, ending the benchmark index's steepest five-day rout, amid speculation state funds have resumed buying. The Shanghai Composite jumped 5.3 percent to 3,083.59 at the ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
Central China Securities Co. Ltd. (01375.HK) is looking to buy a Hong Kong brokerage company with a license to operate corporate finance advisory services. Last month, it won regulatory approval to en ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-25
A 30-year-old mother was literally swallowed by a defective escalator at a shopping mall in Jingzhou in Central China's Hubei province. But out of that horrific scene, a mother's love was shown. At a ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-27
Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd., China's third-largest brokerage firm by assets and its most profitable last year, won regulatory approval on Thursday to launch an initial public offering in Shanghai ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-05
Lawmakers have expressed concern over the move of the controlling shareholder of Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB, 00511.HK), Hong Kong's top television broadcaster, to bring in a mainland partner. The ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-23
In his 1996 book "Hong Kong: Asia's Network City", economic historian Takeshi Hamashita had identified eight hinterlands for Hong Kong, ranging from Northeast Asia to Southeast Asia. They are: 1. The ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
A year after China eased its one-child policy, fewer people than expected have applied for permission to have a second child, Reuters reported Monday, citing state media reports. This development is r ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying will not attend the question and answer session at the Legislative Council originally scheduled for Thursday. A government statement said the reschedule of the Q&A ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-15
Acipenser sinensis, commonly known as Chinese sturgeon, is facing high risk of extinction, with some experts estimating that there could be few as 57 of those creatures left in the Yangtze River, acco ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-26
China's two-time Grand Slam winner Li Na is said to be retiring because of injuries, and will make the announcement on Friday, state-owned television broadcaster CCTV reported. Li “will officially ann ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-18
Political cartoonist Wang Liming said he will not return to his hometown in central China's Hunan province after his business trip to Japan as he fears being arrested by authorities, Ming Pao Daily re ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-29
Police arrested nearly 1,000 suspected members of the (Almighty God) cult for various crimes including murder, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing a statement from the Ministry of Public ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-20
China vowed zero tolerance and harsh punishment for the production and sale of genetically modified crops days after media reported that GM rice was being sold at a supermarket in Wuhan, the official ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-30
McDonald's Corp. is facing a shortage of products at some of its outlets in China after the "stale meat" scandal at supplier Shanghai Husi Food, Wall Street scandal reported Monday. Customers in store ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-28
Air passengers should brace themselves for long hours of waiting as flights to and from 12 airports in eastern and central China will face delays through mid-August as a result of military exercises, ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-22
