Michael Jackson lives in an upcoming TV comedy in the form of a noted British actor but there's a problem. The late pop star and icon of African-Americans will be played by Joseph Fiennes, who is whit ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-28
Star Wars, last year's biggest blockbuster movie, inspired copycats to dress the part and parade in the streets from New York to Paris and Shanghai. Now, Darth Vader, the Storm Troopers and their gala ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-27
... become a star of the Chinese futures market after a slew of timely bets on the direction of share prices propelled his Yourong Fund to the top of the country’s performance rankings. He’s carried the ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
... e teenage star reiterated that she is "Chinese" and that "there is only one China". It is believed that the pop star was forced into making the apology by her Korean management firm in order to soothe ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
... he tennis star is a well-liked national figure. But those who claimed to be close friends with him were significantly less appealing socially. Much similar research has arrived at a similar conclusion ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
... he latest Star Wars movie. "They found Luke Skywalker there at last," he said. "A large proportion of the shoot of the next Star Wars movie in 2017 will also have been in that location." Ireland welco ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-24
... smash hit Star Wars: The Force Awakens, at the theater. Its initial success has earned Ten Years a mass release citywide, and its producers are in talks with international distributors. "The reaction ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
... in a four-star Causeway Bay business hotel. He kept saying it was a bargain – although the yuan devaluation made him pay slightly more than what he used to earlier – because he remembered the same hot ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-20
... d. It all started innocently enough when reporters asked the Taiwanese star for his views on working with Chinese artists. "We don't need to make [too many distinctions between China and Taiwan]. We'r ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
... sinessmen started their China foray in the 1980s. Henry Fok Ying-tung built China's first five-star hotel in Guangzhou, the White Swan Hotel. He also spearheaded the development of the city’s Nansha d ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) might want to send a note of thanks to a 16-year-old K-pop star for inadvertently helping party candidate Tsai Ing-wen score a big win in the presidential e ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
... Only five-star hotels are eligible now, with a 51 percent foreign ownership cap on all others. -- Contact us at [email protected] RC/FL ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-14
In my mind, there never was any doubt. The latest Star Wars saga racked up US$52.6 million in China last weekend -- the country’s biggest opening weekend of all time -- despite naysayers predicting le ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-13
It’s awkward to write about music in financial pages. But for British rock star David Bowie, it's worth it. He is not only a music legend, but also an international cultural icon for generations. Bow ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-12
Hong Kong TV star Wong He (王喜) has been frozen out of Chinese shows for sharing a Facebook post that suggests the late Zhou Enlai was secretly gay. Netizens are lashing out at Wong for insulting the m ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-12
Hong Kong's Paralympian runner William So Wa-wai (蘇樺偉) has announced his retirement after 21 years on the tracks. So, 34, said he was unwilling to end his athletic career but the severity of his long- ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-12
Tributes poured in from around the world for British rock star David Bowie, who has died of cancer at 69. Bowie straddled the worlds of hedonistic rock, fashion, art and drama for five decades, pushin ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-12
... a was the star emerging market last year. Global interest rates remain at subdued levels, which underpinned the bond market. US treasury yields have yet to spike despite the Fed liftoff, and short-dur ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-11
A secretive meeting that Hollywood star Sean Penn orchestrated with Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman in a jungle hideout late last year helped Mexico's government catch the world's most wanted drug lord, Reuter ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-11
... political star as chairman of the Commission for Youth, and standing in line for the chairmanship of Ocean Park (he is currently serving as vice chairman). With a family wealth of over HK$30 billion, ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-08
