People who are predicting the collapse of China's economy are being driven by panic and are ignorant of fundamentals. China can ease these concerns by standing by its promise to stabilize the financia ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-22
China's financial reforms have encountered various challenges over the last year. In the first half of 2015, the nation's stock market hit new highs on hopes for A-share inclusion in MSCI indexes, as ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-19
"I protested that it would surely be better for the universities to choose their own constitutional heads. But the universities would not allow me to resign gracefully." Hong Kong's last colonial gove ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-17
A joint European-Russian mission aimed at searching for signs of life on Mars was launched on Monday. The spacecraft, part of the ExoMars program, blasted off from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-15
China’s annual "two sessions" of its legislative and political elite will end soon. Already, the meetings are noteworthy for Beijing's decision to make a stable economy a top priority. Central bank go ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-14
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party lost in three regional elections on Sunday in what is considered an emphatic rejection of her open-door refugee policy. With a high turnout in all the votes, th ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-14
Hong Kong bristles with modern edifices and colonial gems. The city’s skyline is a favored canvas to many Hollywood filmmakers and graces postcards and fridge magnets that fly off shelves at souvenir ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-10
Our heart sinks every time we hear of yet another child committing suicide. These past four days, three students killed themselves for reasons that are too heart-wrenchingly familiar. Five were from t ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
Saudi Arabia is facing increasing pressure from foreign countries to ensure that local construction firms pay thousands of workers back wages going back months. Construction companies are feeling the ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
Developing countries are bracing for a major slowdown this year. According to the UN report World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016, their growth will average only 3.8 percent this year -- the low ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro devalued the currency and raised heavily subsidized fuel prices in an effort to stem a widening economic crisis. The measures are meant to help shore up the OPEC na ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-18
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) aside, it can happen to anyone. The condom breaks. You forgot to take your pill or change your patch, or your shipment of vaginal rings from the United States or B ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-17
Overseas spending by Chinese tourists totaled 1.2 trillion yuan (US$185 billion) last year, according to data from the nation's commerce ministry. Growing online spending and expanding overseas purch ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-15
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is joining for the first time efforts to stem the flow of migrants into Europe. The alliance said it is sending ships from its standing maritime force to the Aeg ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-12
Financial markets are getting more volatile as we step into the Year of the Monkey. The eurozone debt crisis has had an impact on financial markets during the three-day Lunar New Year holiday. Accor ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-11
To predict the movements of the renminbi this year, we need to consider three key factors. First, the internationalization of the renminbi has enhanced the impact of its exchange rate on emerging-mark ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-10
In its relentless search for ways to undermine Hong Kong’s rule of law and send out negative signals to the international community, the Leung administration is now seriously considering joining paria ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-05
Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have agreed to cut rubber exports collectively by nearly 20 percent in a bid to stem the steep decline in prices of the commodity, the Wall Street Journal reported. Th ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-05
Financial markets have shown signs of stabilizing recently after experiencing increased volatility in the first few weeks of the year. In the United States, the latest economic data pointed to weaken ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-29
HSBC Holdings Plc (00005.HK) will no longer provide mortgages to some Chinese nationals who buy real estate in the United States. The policy change came amid Beijing's efforts to stem the outflow of c ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-29
