People from other places may find it hard to imagine, but Hong Kong, although such a small city, can accommodate more than 50 million tourists each year. Of course, most of them are from the mainland. ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-27
China’s digital economy is a force to be reckoned with. The country now accounts for 42 percent of global e-commerce, boasts one-third of the world’s most successful tech startups, and conducts 11 tim ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-27
Traffic congestion is a "headache" to many cities, including Hong Kong. The Smart City Blueprint for Hong Kong released by the government in mid-December mentioned Smart Mobility at the very beginning ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-27
China’s securities regulator has formally ordered the founder of indebted tech conglomerate LeEco to return to China and sort out a mounting debt pile linked to his firms, ramping up pressure on the h ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-27
The government has unveiled its Smart Hong Kong initiative in the policy address of Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor. Several schemes to move towards the goal have been put forward, with HK$ ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-22
After falling for more than a decade, the number of hungry people in the world is rising once again. This year was marked by the worst global food crisis since World War II, with South Sudan, Yemen, S ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-22
Alibaba chairman Jack Ma began pushing the New Retail model last year. As a further step to expand in the "unmanned" retail business, the Chinese e-commerce titan will team up with appliance maker Mid ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-21
Chinese cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360 has shut down a controversial live-streaming platform that allowed people to stream footage online from surveillance cameras in locations such as classrooms and re ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-21
Beginning this week, Facebook will crack down on “engagement bait”, i.e., posts that encourage users to like, comment or tag people in the comments section, by demoting those posts from people and pag ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-20
Established in May 2016, live streaming platform Uplive has launched its own cryptocurrency, GiFTO, a blockchain technology-based token used to reward its program hosts. The token has been available f ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-19
Last Friday the Hong Kong government announced a new Smart City Blueprint to promote the use of innovative technology in the city to provide a smarter digital environment for all Hongkongers. That's a ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-19
Since last summer when the ex-gymnast Rachael Denhollander accused Larry Nassar, the former physician for the US women's gymnastics team, of sexual assault, many other athletes have broken their silen ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-15
I have just published my new book, Smart City 3.0, which illustrates how young people can seize the opportunity to create their own future. I was privileged to have two heavyweights in my field – geog ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-15
China's retail market has been beset by a number of challenges over the last five years -- an anti-corruption campaign, economic slowdown, overseas purchasing, and retail oversupply. The biggest influ ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-14
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今日信報理財投資THE LEX COLUMN2017年12月14日
