... nd the president block transactions it deems compromising to national security. ChemChina and Syngenta officially announced the US$43 billion tie-up plan on Wednesday. The companies will make a volun ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-04
... er on the side of the bus door was overly sensitive and could spring the doors open suddenly. The problem prompted a suspension of all electric buses for inspection and the service only resumed on Ja ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
... American side takes, China's military will take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard national sovereignty and security," it said. The US Navy conducted a similar exercise in October in which th ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
... e sitting side by side do not even bother to take a look at each other." His project, though straightforward enough, didn't run as unimpeded as the trains where the social experiments took place. In E ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-30
... hed non-resident city-gate natural gas prices by 0.7 yuan on Nov. 20. As a result, Shanghai’s city-gate prices fell 24.3 percent to 2.18 yuan (33 US cents) per cubic meter. Average prices in each pro ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-30
Big data is meant to bring innovative products and improve lives, but in the real world, sometimes the opposite happens. A Hong Kong Economic Journal column quotes an example given by a Harvard Busine ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-30
... opposite side’s strategy. The quorum for Legco is half of its 70 members, which means that meetings can go on with just 35 members in the chamber. It is true that the democrats have been doing more t ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-28
... r hours inside a building, instantly turned a staunch supporter into a harsh critic. In those four hours, Mathieson and Li, who are rarely seen together outside of their official duties, might have bo ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-28
... er supply-side or demand-side measures are most likely to restore growth. The US experience and many other cases provide some answers. For starters, supply-side measures can best be undertaken when th ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-28
... tion this side of the known universe. They will be joined by Japanese sensation Hello Kitty in the 21st running of the annual Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade. The HK$33 mill ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-27
... tely is a side effect of the currency's internationalization. His solutions are 1) move slowly on the internationalization in order to maintain a stable currency; and 2) do not peg renminbi with the d ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
... the other side of the Atlantic, it has emerged that former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is actively thinking about running for US president and may officially announce his decision by early M ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
... the other side of the coin, there is no lack of companies that has no qualms about "purchasing" their rivals’ technology as a cheaper alternative to in-house development. At the outset, Wang was deter ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
... the other side of the border. After the novelty of the place fades away, newcomers may discover that on top of the usual hurly-burly of city life, the people here are given to fierce polemics. Those w ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
... d in sell-side advisory services for privately-owned businesses. It is expected that more buyers will come to Hong Kong, said Mike Sweeting, international business development director at BCMS. Buyers ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
... for both sides in the conflict—and Hpakant becomes a huge blind spot where business and thuggery exist side by side. Some say that Myanmar is running out of jade. Other merchants murmur that the gene ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-23
... ng her presidential campaign, choosing to ignore her rival’s repeated heckling that she must elucidate her position rather than beating around the bush. Eric Chu Li-luan (朱立倫) challenged Tsai that she ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
As China seeks to assert its control and sovereignty over Hong Kong, foreign companies that wish to pursue mainland business are playing it safe. The desire to be on the right side of Beijing can prom ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
... es for president-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) were not necessarily votes for the island’s independence. One thing to note is that the votes Tsai garnered (over 6.89 million) were 10,000 times those Leung ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
... driver's side of the Mercedes and opened fire, Galbraith said. Badly wounded, Jiang tried to flee by making a U-turn but crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with another car, Galbraith said. F ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
