Put the clock back 25 years ago when I started my first job at Hong Kong Economic Journal. A lot has changed since but what remains the same is I am back to where I was. Well, so is the share price of ...More
EJ Insight2020-09-23
As the 3 November US presidential election draws closer, the race is tightening between President Trump and former Vice President Biden. Mr Trump and Mr Biden have notably different views about corpor ...More
EJ Insight2020-09-22
In the Spanish IESE Business School's global smart city ranking, Hong Kong was ranked the 10th among 174 cities in the world, and the 3rd in the Asia-Pacific region. The top five in the Asia-Pacific r ...More
EJ Insight2020-09-21
The COVID-19 crisis has laid bare the importance of access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene. As we all know now, hand washing is one of the best frontline defenses against the virus. Yet three ...More
EJ Insight2020-09-21
Zimbabwe was once Africa’s rising star. Boasting robust human capital, considerable natural-resource wealth, and modern infrastructure, it was the continent’s leading producer of crops such as maize, ...More
EJ Insight2020-09-18
The human tragedies and massive economic disruptions caused by COVID-19 have rightly commanded the attention of the public and policymakers for more than six months, and should continue to do so. But ...More
EJ Insight2020-09-17
There were no breakthroughs at Monday’s China-European Union summit and the two sides will not sign this year an investment treaty they have been negotiating since 2013. The virtual summit brought tog ...More
EJ Insight2020-09-16
The pandemic that US President Donald Trump has handled so disastrously – over 200,000 deaths from COVID-19 are expected in the United States by Election Day – is persuading an unprecedented number of ...More
EJ Insight2020-09-15
The Covid-19 pandemic has floored economies across the world, whipping up a storm of uncertainty and volatility that could be here to stay for some time. Financial markets reacted dramatically to the ...More
EJ Insight2020-09-15
Last year, a child died of pneumonia every 39 seconds, on average. A form of acute respiratory infection, pneumonia is detectable, treatable, and preventable. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) – ...More
EJ Insight2020-09-14
