MSCI Inc. said last week it will add 14 US-traded Chinese stocks to its largest indexes, including the MSCI China Index and MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The move has reignited investors’ hope for A s ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-16
The offshore renminbi weakened by as much as 4 percent following the one-off reform of the daily fixing that the Chinese central bank carried out Aug. 11. However, the Chinese currency has recouped h ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-06
People are becoming more aware of their wants and needs. For the majority, those might finally align and become the same thing. Today, people are prepared to live with less while living more. In the n ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-02
Hong Kong's property sector is facing multifaceted risks that make it difficult to predict the market's outlook, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Ceajer Chan Ka-keung said. The risks ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-02
Learning to write computer programs has become a growing trend among schoolchildren around the world. To prepare our next generation for the raging global tech boom, I have been repeatedly calling on ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
Each autumn, China’s Communist Party sends more than 350 of its top bosses to an army-run hotel in Beijing to discuss, behind closed doors, the issues facing the state. This year’s plenum coincides wi ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
The 18th CPC Central Committee will hold its fifth plenary Session at the end of this month. The meeting is likely to cut the economic growth target to 6.5 percent for the 13th Five-Pear Plan period f ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-24
China recorded the weakest GDP growth rate (6.9 percent year on year) since the global financial crisis for the third quarter of this year, fueling concerns about economic hard-landing and sending sho ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-22
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is offering incentives to Turkey in exchange for its cooperation in a European Union effort to stem a wave of migrants displaced by fighting in Syria. These include pre ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
We’ve seen several worrying signs regarding global economic growth as we enter the last quarter of 2015. First, capital flows are changing. Money is expected to flee from emerging economies, as the li ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
A Hong Kong couple is seeking a bone marrow donor for their three-year-old daughter who suffers from a rare blood disease. Neither the couple, surnamed Au, nor their younger daughter is a suitable mat ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
I’ve noted earlier that the US Federal Reserve should have announced the liftoff in its meeting on Sept. 17. That should have removed the uncertainties relating to the rate hike and probably helped th ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-03
The average life expectancy has kept rising over the last decade thanks to fast developments in healthcare and technology. Currently, Hong Kong has the world's longest-living women. However, many peop ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-26
If not for extreme leftist Cheng Yiu-tong, retired mainland official Chen Zuo’er might have gone unnoticed when he weighed in on Hong Kong's declining competitiveness. Last week, Chen told a forum in ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-24
The US Federal Reserve kept its policy interest rate unchanged last week, which is in line with my expectation. This week the market is closely watching the meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping a ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-22
Foreign capital continues to flee China after the recent turmoil in its stock and currency markets despite Beijing’s aggressive rescue efforts. Hong Kong and China funds reported outflows of HK$11.6 ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-19
A top Chinese securities regulator, who played a major role in recent efforts to stabilize the stock market, has been placed under investigation. The Communist Party’s Central Commission for Disciplin ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-17
China’s foreign exchange reserves have kept sliding since mid-2014, after deducting the foreign trade surplus. In addition, the country has witnessed a continuous net outflow of capital since the thi ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-10
The three mainland Chinese securities exchanges intend to introduce a “circuit breaker” mechanism. Draft regulations provide for trading to be suspended for 30 minutes when the CSI Index rises or fal ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-09
China's slowing growth and yuan devaluation have caused ripples across the world. Foreign investors now believe Beijing needs more time to restructure the economy. Amid the uncertainties, there has b ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-08
