... ip of the central authorities, officials and ordinary citizens alike are focusing all their energy and resources on the fight against the epidemic, with local governments taking decisive and drastic a ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-07
Leaders of six major central banks undertaking joint research on digital currencies are considering holding their first meeting in mid-April in Washington, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday. T ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-07
... us in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, the report said, citing hospital officials. An ophthalmologist, Li was one of eight people reprimanded by Wuhan police last mont ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-07
... Beijing, central authorities are considering delaying the annual meeting of the NPC, the country's top legislative body, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing five people familiar with the matter. “Th ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-06
... them: 1. Central-bank support first saved the global economy, but then encouraged bad behavior. What changed in the last 20 years? Central banks steered the global economy through periods of major up ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-06
Fatalities from the coronavirus epidemic are overwhelmingly concentrated in central China’s Wuhan city, which accounts for over 73 percent of deaths despite having only one-third the number of confirm ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-06
... an in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December, has rekindled memories in Hong Kong of a 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), another coronavirus that began in China and kil ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-05
... Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Centre on Wednesday, extends that restriction, the report noted. The new broad ban on Chinese citizens was put in place because of “the seriousness of the epidemic i ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-05
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in central China's Wuhan, investors have been looking for theme stocks that could benefit from the crisis. Stocks of companies that make or distribute masks ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-05
... d visited central China’s Wuhan city in January. Lam's office later clarified her remarks, saying the guidelines did not apply to masks bought by civil servants while stressing “the government had not ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-05
... , the DAB central committee has rolled out a new mechanism for the party’s primaries for the Legco geographical constituencies. Under this new mechanism, all aspirants, including incumbent lawmakers, ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-04
... lobby the central government to outlaw the trade of wild animals for good. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Jan 31 Translation by Alan Lee [Chinese version 中文版] – Contact us ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-04
... merged in central China in December and has killed more than 360 people there and sent jitters through global markets. “[We] hope that these strikes will make the government respond to our five demand ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-03
... s compact Central business district were noticeably quieter on Monday, according to baristas and customers. Many expatriate professionals have sent their families away as they eye the threat of furthe ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-03
... useable decentralized financial products and services is to adapt existing financial products and services into a decentralized format – creating tradeable assets and financial services that run on la ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-03
... sm of the central government came, perhaps surprisingly, from the mayor of Wuhan, the city at the epicenter of the epidemic. The Wuhan government had been severely criticized for withholding informati ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-03
... k, in the central province of Hubei. Since then, the flu-like virus has been declared a global emergency and spread to more than two dozen other countries and regions, with the first death outside of ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-03
