... tial arts star Bruce Lee Siu-lung. The reason: 'Siu-lung' can mean 'small dinosaur' in Chinese. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on July 2. Translation by Darlie Yiu [Chinese v ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-04
... for us to start anew. There are still some unanswered questions: What really happened? Who played the leading role in the walkout? Why did they have to wait for Lau Wong-fat, former chairman of Heung ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
... m to be a starter. A father, who was in the audience with his son, asked Lin how his son could get an admission to Harvard University where Lin studied. Lin said he was not so eager to study in Harvar ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-30
A first-time Philippine senator who is the adopted daughter of a film star is edging out veteran politicians as the preferred candidate to replace President Benigno Aquino, although she not yet declar ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-30
... brightest star in this gloomy sky was developing Asia. “Its FDI inflows grew to historically high levels, reaching nearly half a trillion dollars in 2014, further consolidating the region’s position a ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-29
Chinese netizens have been shocked by retired star hurdler Liu Xiang's announcement of the end of his 290-day marriage to actress Ge Tian. Liu gave incompatibility as the reason the couple had divorce ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-26
... r the Red Star Frozen Meat brand, mainland customs authorities said. The authorities said about one-third of the 800,000 tons of frozen meat imported by Red Star annually could have come from illegal ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
Google Inc. has quietly eased into the music streaming service, upstaging rival Apple Inc., whose upcoming launch has been marred by a challenge from pop star Taylor Swift. The world's largest search ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
... ong movie star in the video, given the drugs scandal last year involving Jackie's son Jaycee. In August 2014, mainland authorities arrested Jaycee Chan after the police found some marijuana in a Beij ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-22
... o had not started all season until Game Four of the Finals, and Stephen Curry each had 25 points for Golden State, while James again led the way for the injury-hit Cavaliers with a game-high 32 points ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
Remember when you were a kid and your mother told you: "Finish your food. Think of all the starving children in Africa" or India, or even China? Some mainland Chinese tourists may not have got the mes ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
... ' heel of Starr's case is that, if not for the government's intervention, AIG would have filed for bankruptcy," wrote Wheeler, who was appointed by former US president George W. Bush. Greenberg, throu ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
... - or five-star hotels and 38 percent in five-star-plus, much higher than the global average. Even though 53 percent travel in economy class for leisure, the study found Chinese consumers are increasin ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-12
... obbit and Star Wars. Yahoo News inventoried his acting credits -- 250 movies and television appearances in a career that goes back to his mid-twenties. He played the fallen wizard Saruman in four of P ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-12
... Oriental Star on June 1, which claimed more than 400 lives, was heartbreaking. What exactly caused the tragedy is still unknown, and the truth is blurred by China’s censorship. Snippets of informatio ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-10
... onys in a star-studded ceremony at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Sunday, the report said. Fun Home, a musical about a young woman reconstructing her childhood in order to better understand her ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
Tensions are building between officials and the families of those lost aboard the Eastern Star, a cruise ship that capsized in the Yangtze River last Monday night amid stormy weather with 456 people o ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-08
... er Brazil star who helped organized the 2014 tournament, which generates as much as US$5 billion from each World Cup. “When you come into soccer politics, you have to repay the person who invited you. ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-08
Chinese authorities began efforts late Thursday to right the Eastern Star, the cruise ship that capsized on the Yangtze River earlier this week in China's deadliest maritime disaster in decades. Right ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-05
... ,000 five-star hotel room nights in three different cities for the 4,500 employees, am730 reported Thursday. The company spent an estimated seven million euros (US$7.88 million) to bring them in sever ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-04
