The United States will support China's bid to have the renminbi included in the International Monetary Fund's Special Drawing Rights basket if it meets the institution's criteria, US Treasury Secretar ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-16
It remains to be seen whether last weekend’s meeting between presidents Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and Xi Jinping (習近平) will alter the dynamics of Taiwan’s politics, but we may take a hint from the roller-coa ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-13
The US Federal Reserve did not kick off a series of interest rate hikes at its September meeting as some expected. The decision has been criticized by Fed staff and market participants for sending a ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-10
When I was studying for my master's degree in education in the United States, one of the lectures touched upon how parenting is shaped by culture. I conducted field trips in different neighborhoods, ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-10
Australia's vitamin and dietary supplement makers are benefiting from surging Chinese demand for their products, Bloomberg News reported. "There has never been a better time to be an Australian health ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
US central bank officials must be certain the job market and inflation are strong enough to justify raising interest rates. “The Fed has not raised interest rates in such a long time, that it should r ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
A local columnist once said: “DGS is famous for talented girls. Maryknoll is famous for beautiful girls. St. Mary’s is famous for nuns.” The columnist studied in one of those schools, but not St. Mary ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
Colonies of fire ants were spotted again in Tseung Kwan O district near the MTR LOHAS Park Station, Ming Pao Daily reported Friday. More than a dozen fire ant colonies were found near phase five of th ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
A young mother and her two sons were injured when part of the ceiling collapsed in a shopping mall at the Tseung Kwan O MTR station. The 30-year-old woman, surnamed Fan, injured her feet while her chi ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-21
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying is going ahead with a plan to rezone a fill bank in Tseung Kwan O for a residential project in January despite opposition from two government departments, Apple Daily r ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-12
The International Monetary Fund should put off any move to add China's renminbi to its benchmark currency basket until after September 2016, IMF staff said in a report. The report, published on Tuesda ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-05
If you commit your energies to protecting the oceans, it helps to live close to the sea. That's how Toronto-born Lisa Christensen found her calling growing up in a small town on the US east coast, whe ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-04
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday laid out new proposals on a reforms package, aiming to break a deadlock with foreign creditors and unlock billions of euros in much-needed cash. A day bef ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-22
Eurozone leaders will try again to break an impasse over a bailout deal as Athens staggers toward default and Greek banks deal with a run on deposits. An emergency meeting is set for Monday after nego ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-19
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has walked away from talks with Greece over an extension of the country's bailout program over lack of progress. Negotiators have been trying to find a way to ave ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-12
The daughter of Christine Fang, former chief executive of the Hong Kong Council of Social Services, is safe in Nepal after going missing for two days, Apple Daily reported Tuesday. Clara Cheung was am ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-28
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will hold its next twice-a-decade review during which it will consider whether to include the yuan in the special drawing rights (SDR) system. China is pushing th ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-27
Man-made climate change has led the world to a watershed moment and the cities of tomorrow are being formed today. A memorandum signed by several Nobel laureates on Saturday raised that point, with an ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-27
Despite the growing popularity of online shopping, last-mile issues remain a challenge for e-tailers. One-year-old FingerShopping has found a cost-effective solution that could be a model for the indu ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-23
The United States was opposed to the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ostensibly out of concern that it would adopt poor governance standards. But Washington’s real fear was that China ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-24
