New government, new relationship with new media. Try to understand why Carrie Lam didn't show much enthusiasm for social media during her election campaign. She couldn't understand, for example, why, ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-09
... e a large gap of Taiwan's 23 million people, then you cannot do it well," Michael Ying-mao Kau, a former deputy foreign minister and now senior fellow at the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, told a ne ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-09
... the trade gap between the two countries. While the Trump administration did not label China a currency manipulator in the Treasury Department's most recent report on currency manipulation, it has soug ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-08
... to 35 – a gap wider than the 20 or so percentage points that pre-election surveys had suggested, the news agency said. Even so, it was a record performance for the National Front, a party whose anti-i ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-08
... ve gender gap in employment and wages. The proportion of women participating in the global labor force has hovered around 50 percent since 1990, compared to more than 75 percent for men. And, in most ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-04
... , and the gap between them and third-place Singapore, more than 30 points last year, is only 20 this year. Indeed, almost all of the Asian centers have lifted their ratings, with Beijing rising the fa ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-26
... bstantial gap between the SDR’s potential and its performance. That gap has meant missed opportunities for the global economy – particularly in terms of asset-liability management, responsive liquidit ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-25
... ave a big gap in their incomes at different sites. Vendors at the Ocean Park, Salisbury Garden in Tsim Sha Tsui, the Central Harbourfront, and the Energising Kowloon East venues in Kwun Tong were amon ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-21
... dging the gap between the authorities and the general public. As Hong Kong's new leader, Lam should focus on how to improve the daily life of ordinary people, such as boosting the budget for education ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-06
... sult, the gap between the supply and demand for public niches has continued to widen over the past decade. It is ridiculous and mind-boggling that given our average 40,000 deaths every year, the admin ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-06
... the time gap between the 2015 interview and his statement on Tuesday. The Medley report triggered furor in the US Congress and became a source of friction between the Fed and lawmakers, leading to a ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
... while the gap is even worse at 206:100 for those born in the '70s. Chinese parents' preference for a son, which stretches back to centuries, has resulted in a surplus of men. Under the one-child polic ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-03
... re lies a gap between ideas and the realization of them into products. In the United States, the gap is bridged by big companies like FaceBook, Google and Microsoft. Even in Asia, HTC, Sony and Samsun ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-30
... ng wealth gap and the slowdown in growth in median incomes. But it is not simply about 'haves' versus 'have-nots' in terms of current wealth. It is about some parts of the community having hope and op ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
... he narrow gap between the train and the platform. He was pronounced dead by a doctor at the scene, according to the post. Police are still investigating the incident. -- Contact us at [email protected] ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
Last week, I argued that the narrowing price gap with blue-chip housing estates and the rising down payment suggest the starter home boom may soon be over. However, that does not necessarily mean hous ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-23
... tors. Singaporeans were similar, with “length of time since last promotion” being the most unimportant aspect. A total of 10,389 employees from seven Asian countries rated “good performance reviews,” ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-22
... the price gap between Taikoo Shing and certain starter-home estates such as City One Shatin, Sha Tin Center and Tai Hing Gardens is falling close to the bottom over past 20 years. Second, these starte ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-16
... ndicate a gap between the two leading contestants, with Tsang consistently ahead by a substantial margin in terms of public popularity. In fact, Beijing's machinations may have resulted in Lam's incre ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-16
... opularity gap with Tsang. Siao is no doubt a nice pick for a female candidate who is seeking to break the glass ceiling in Hong Kong politics. The show of support will be good for Lam, but we can't sa ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-14