Hong Kong people will ultimately win their fight for democracy, according to a leading activist investor. David Webb told protesters not to worry about the small economic impact of their movement beca ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-15
Who doesn't get angry watching video footage of the police's selective targeting early Wednesday of Civic Party members and other democracy lovers – pretty much the same group at which tear gas was hu ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-15
Apple Inc. and Facebook Inc. want women to freeze their eggs and pay for it. From January, Apple will pay female employees up to US$20,000 for procedure and storage costs to freeze their eggs, accordi ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-15
China Central Television (CCTV) forbids advertisements that imply non-transgenic products are healthier and safer, Securities Times reported Thursday. A CCTV notice said commercials for products from ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-10
If you pee during your morning shower, you're doing mankind a favor because you're saving precious water. That's what Debs Torr and Chris Dobson are telling fellow students in the University of East A ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-10
Hong Kong moved a step closer to a competition law Thursday with the release of draft guidelines ahead of a legislative debate on the proposed measure. The guidelines, called the First Conduct Rule, s ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-09
Some people say the Occupy campaign has been hurting Hong Kong's transportation efficiency and overall competitiveness. This is obviously a far-fetched accusation. First, protesters did not occupy th ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-09
Hong Kong satisfaction with media freedom is up, but fewer people think the press is credible, Ming Pao Daily reported Wednesday, citing a survey by the University of Hong Kong. The satisfaction index ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-08
Lee Kau Yan Memorial School canceled a national flag-raising ceremony on Tuesday after students voted against it, according to Ming Pao Daily. The students were given one hour to debate and vote after ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-08
It was a hot summer afternoon in Beijing. My companion, a professor of politics at a city university, said: “In the US, there are two major parties. In fact, they are two sides of the same party. The ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-08
A recent survey by British financial services group Barclays found that 30 per cent of wealthy Chinese picked Hong Kong as their favoured place to migrate, ahead of Canada with 23 per cent. In May, IM ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-07
Pope Francis wants cardinals and bishops to tackle real-life issues such as divorce, contraception and same sex unions. The pope told nearly 200 Catholic leaders to avoid obscure theological debate an ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-06
Why did Hong Kong people stay silent when there was no democracy under the British colonial government? And now why are they vigorously opposing Beijing's universal suffrage proposal for Hong Kong? Be ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-06
The People’s Climate March on Sept. 21 was a watershed for the emerging global climate movement, with more than 400,000 people taking to the streets of New York City. But New York was only the tip of ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-03
Coming off a high-profile visit to Beijing, a group of Hong Kong tycoons are renewing a warning that a planned sit-in protest by Occupy Central could hurt the economy. We've seen this movie before. Th ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-25
Artificial sweeteners, which are among the most common food additives, have been the subject of a long-running debate over their potential health benefits and risks. Some studies have shown that the p ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-18
The battle of wits between Hong Kong's rival political camps and their supporters is set to become more pronounced in the coming weeks, as both sides up the ante on the issue of democratic reforms. Pr ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-18
Alibaba founder Jack Ma has nothing but affection for Hong Kong, to paraphrase a comment he made on Monday and rephrased the next day. In fact, there's no love lost between them. And Hong Kong people ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-17
The political future of Scotland, which will be determined in a vital referendum by over four million voters this Thursday, has come in for much debate in Europe in recent days. Hong Kong people have ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-17
A former senior Pakistani official was prevented from boarding a flight by irate passengers who had waited two hours for him to show up, according to BBC News. Former interior minister Rehman Malik an ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-17
