... ’s supply-side reform is a step in the right direction, but the country may not be immune from one particular repercussion from its one-child policy. The number of Chinese in the prime productive peri ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
... ion to consider. If your organization has significant exposure to the British pound or euro, it is worth addressing that. Almost none of the businesses we surveyed have reviewed business-critical cont ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
... . "Supply-side reforms" is Beijing's latest platitude, but it's all about old tasks like deleveraging, destocking, weeding out overcapacity and lowering costs. In a market economy, all these can be re ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-13
... ue supply-side reform and give way to market forces, even if it means sacrificing short-term growth. The economy has to take some pain in the next two years before it can enjoy solid, long-term growth ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-12
Taiwan is counting down to the inauguration of its new president, Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), who will take office on May 20. As the 59-year-old woman prepares to become the 14th President of the Republic of ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
President Xi Jinping congratulated North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, on his promotion to chairman of the ruling party, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing North Korean state media. China has grown incre ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
Democracy everywhere is facing serious challenges. The United States is gripped by the most bizarre presidential primary campaign in living memory, with populist outsiders threatening to topple establ ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
... h other's side ensure the vital scrutiny that any free society needs. Ming Pao’s sacking of its executive chief editor Keung Kwok-yuen, a respected veteran columnist and news professional better known ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-06
... to pick a side in that contest. Less than a year before the election of the person who will rule Hong Kong beyond 2017, Tsang is keeping his followers guessing. The man who was seen as receiving Presi ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-04
... shards inside vehicles. In recent days, officials from the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) told Takata they need to expand the recall based on the government's determination ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-04
... ering her side of the controversy, saying it has created more doubts in the minds of people about the whole affair. The AA confirmed on Wednesday that it received a letter from the younger Leung's sol ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-28
Hot money in mainland China has been rushing for stocks, real estate and, most recently, commodities, hoping to making a killing before the bubbles burst. These are all side effects of the very easy ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-27
... not be considered a lawless action, as it will be seen as an accident if shouting fire leads to a stampede. So, how to define “an imminent lawless action”? In a 1973 case (Hess v. Indiana), the court ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-26
... t are all side effects of the hot money. However, it's still too early to say that China will have a credit crisis soon. The government still has huge financial power and is capable of dealing with an ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-26
... "demand" side believes that deflation in Japan reflects the outcome of insufficient demand, while the "supply" side believes it is the low growth of productivity that drags down the supply. Now, why ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-26
... rting one side or the other. It also attracted comments from other media organs, including the China Daily. “Since diplomacy is essentially an extension of internal affairs,” an article in the China D ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-25
... th supply-side reform cannot yield results fast enough to offset this impact. External creditors, for their part, balk at the prospect of providing the financing the country needs to get back on track ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-25
... go Fed president Charles Evans stuck to the official line of a 50 basis-point increase in US rates in 2016 but qualified it with an analysis of inflation and employment figures which showed that infla ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-22
... chosen to side with Beijing. Kenya has been strengthening its ties with Beijing in recent years and has concluded numerous bilateral agreements on infrastructural investment, energy and loans. To Nair ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-22
... enue alongside another P1 at about 7 p.m. Tuesday when it suddenly rammed a car in front of it. The impact damaged the left front side of the supercar and caused its right rear tire to fall off. Many ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-21
