Since the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, productivity growth in three advanced economies -- the United States, Europe, and Japan -- has been very slow both in absolute terms and relative to ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-06
The recent surge in the number of student suicides since the beginning of the current academic year has become a cause for grave public concern about the study-related stress and other mental health i ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-01
Fraud and other financial crimes involving financial intermediaries have been on the rise in the past few years. To make things worse, I found recently that some intermediaries were posing as certifie ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-26
Cyber thieves who stole US$12 million from an Ecuadorian bank in 2015 routed the funds through 23 companies registered in Hong Kong, some of them with no clear business activity, Reuters reports, citi ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-26
Tsai Ing-wen's (蔡英文) soft-toned inauguration speech in Taiwan broached the subject of cross-strait relations in a somewhat peripheral manner. Going through the text of the 6,000-character speech relea ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-24
Mainland authorities have issued new measures for the stock market after halting the homecoming of US-listed Chinese stocks. The China Securities Regulatory Commission has reportedly prevented listed ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-13
The Shanghai Composite Index tumbled 2.8 percent on Monday, and lost nearly 6 percent in the last two trading sessions. Shell stocks or potential shell plays suffered the most after the top securities ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
Chief executive Leung Chun-ying was recently asked by Guangdong-based Southern Metropolis Daily what he thought of reports that mainland cities such as Guangzhou and Shenzhen will soon overtake Hong K ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-25
China kicked off on April 8 a new tax regime on luxury goods, after unveiling the new rules just a day earlier. Under the new regime, Chinese tourists who bring in foreign goods worth over 5,000 yuan ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-11
Business owners are quite wary of the distinction between a good turnover and a good profit. For listed-companies, a good profit does not necessarily boost the share price. Alibaba said on Wednesday t ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-07
The Chinese are losing confidence in their currency. Faced with faltering economic growth, the People’s Bank of China has stepped up efforts to restore stability to the renminbi, using its vast foreig ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-05
I joined the Big Social 2016 in London last month and made a speech on how to help social enterprises integrate into the mainstream business world. The event was organized by UnLtd, the leading provid ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-30
Just six months into the current school year and more than 20 students have already committed suicide. While my heart goes out to the families who lost their beloved children, I believe prayers and th ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-22
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
