Over the past month or so, home prices in a number of major Chinese cities have surged 30 percent. The buying frenzy started right after the Lunar New Year holiday and is quickly spreading from Beijin ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-21
For many people, the prospect of investing in residential property in Germany has never really stacked up as a viable option. Germans seem happy with long leases that allow housing without the need fo ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-17
Mark Tucker, the chief executive of Hong Kong-based insurer AIA, will become the first outsider to serve as chairman of HSBC Holdings. Tucker started his career as a professional footballer, making ap ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-15
The US dollar fell back after hitting a peak of 6.9895 against the yuan in the offshore market and has temporarily found support near the 100-day moving average. Beijing has tried numerous ways to ste ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-26
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order for construction of a wall on the border with Mexico, pushing ahead with a key pledge made during his election campaign. Outlining a t ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-26
China's holdings of US Treasuries fell for a sixth straight month in November as the world's second-largest economy continued to use its reserves to support the yuan. Data released in Washington Wedne ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-19
The Hong Kong Gifted Education Summit and Exhibition last December attracted educators and policymakers from the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Israel, Japan, South Korea, mainland China ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-13
China’s foreign exchange regulator has tightened its control over foreign exchange purchases in a bid to curb capital outflows. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) is stepping up scrut ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-04
A few major trends evolved in the fund industry this year, and some of them may have important implications for the coming year. 1. Northbound funds have registered sales that are 80 times those of so ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-30
In view of Leung Chun-ying's withdrawal from next year's chief executive election 10 days ago, perhaps it is logical to infer that not only has Leung fallen out of favor with Beijing but former Financ ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-21
Just when Macau’s gaming market has shown signs of revival in recent months, Australian casino magnate James Packer has suddenly decided to sell down his Melco Crown stake. Packer’s holding in Melco C ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-20
Po Leung Kuk Lam Man Chan English Primary School in Kowloon City can be seen as a global village: its current student population consists of as many as 24 different nationalities. Called LMC for short ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
China’s 100-city home price index surged nearly 30 percent between January 2015 and October 2016, with first-tier cities like Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing posting even higher price growth as people ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-08
Hong Kong dropped to ninth place in science and second in reading and mathematics to trail Singapore in the latest rankings of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Ming Pao Daily ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-07
Alarmed at rising capital outflows from the country, China is said to have tightened the rules related to fund repatriation by multinational firms. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange has in ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-02
“I am a slave here. My son brought me here to be an unpaid nanny and helper to his children. I cannot drive and dare not answer the telephone because I cannot speak English.” Madame Leung Siu-mei was ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-01
The government announced that it received a notification from Beijing about the lifting of mainland entry restrictions for some lawmakers and others in Hong Kong. With the eased rules, opposition figu ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-01
A lawmaker has urged authorities to come clean on the problems encountered with the new air traffic control (ATC) system at the city's airport, alleging that there have been far more glitches with the ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-25
Facebook Inc. has quietly developed a censorship tool that could persuade China to allow the world's biggest social media network to re-enter the world's second largest economy after a seven-year ban. ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-24
The abrupt interpretation of Article 104 of the Basic Law by the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) triggered a new round of political confrontation between Beijing and the pan-demo ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-16
