In the run-up to the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty, several senior officials and prominent personalities from the mainland have spoken glowingly of Beijing's efforts to ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-20
Dramatic election upsets have been occurring all over the place, most recently in Britain where an overconfident prime minister called a snap election in the hope of humiliating the opposition but end ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-16
Advances in artificial intelligence and robotics are powering a new wave of automation, with machines matching or outperforming humans in a fast-growing range of tasks, including some that require com ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-09
US President Donald Trump came under fire on Sunday for criticizing London's mayor in the aftermath of attacks in the city that killed seven people and injured at least 48 others. In a tweet, Trump se ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-05
The world has no shortage of pressing issues. There are 1.6 billion people living in acute poverty; an estimated 780 million adults are illiterate. Serious problems are not confined to the developing ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-31
The great leader who embarked on the modernization of China, Deng Xiaoping, once said: “Finance is very important. It is the nucleus of the modern economy”. In saying this, Deng obviously wanted very ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-29
Jia Yueting, founder of the Chinese conglomerate LeEco, will step down as chief executive of the Beijing-based unit Leshi Internet Information & Technology Corp. (300104.CN) but will stay on as ch ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-25
It's quite ridiculous that Hong Kong, which takes pride in calling itself Asia's World City, has shown no tolerance for Uber, a ride-hailing service that employs the wonders of technology for the conv ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-24
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced the commencement of the first phase of study on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) to understand the pros and cons of such facility. Now, what is CB ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-18
Recently, while senior officials in Beijing were busy preparing for the Belt and Road Forum and the Chinese Football Association was preoccupied with ensuring that its representative was elected on Ma ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-18
In Ghana, a group of enterprising women and young people is building bicycles out of an unlikely material: bamboo. Ten farmers grow the bamboo, and 25 builders craft it into environmentally friendly b ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-04
The Hong Kong government announced a new 15-year regulatory framework with the two power companies last week. Under the revised agreement, the amount the two suppliers are allowed to earn will be cut ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-02
There is something professional boxer Rex Tso cannot beat – Hong Kong's high property prices. The superflyweight champion, who has an amazing record of 21 wins and no losses, showed off his pugilistic ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-02
US President Donald Trump has opened the door to meeting North Korea's Kim Jong Un, saying he would be honored to meet the young leader under the right circumstances, Reuters reports. This comes even ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-02
You probably have heard the news about a date between two new friends at a Japanese barbecue restaurant in Mong Kok that ended up in a bitter scuffle and the filing of criminal charges due to a disput ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-27
Donald Trump’s rise to power in the United States involved more than a little China-bashing. Yet, with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Trump’s Florida estate earlier this month, it seems that ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-27
Taking a rest from serving customers in her restaurant, Leung Mei-ling opens her mobile phone. “Here is a photograph of Mother,” she says. “I visit her and have meals with her often. So do the people ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-25
Rumors about a merger between Apple Inc. and Walt Disney have been circulating in the market for a couple of years. While neither has denied such a possibility, there has been no progress either. Rece ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-24
Outgoing Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has been keen on establishing and supporting the Innovation and Technology Bureau in a bid to deliver on his campaign promise to boost technology development i ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-18
Hong Kong travel start-up Tink Labs has reportedly raised funds at a valuation of US$1 billion. The company was founded by a 25-year-old Hongkonger in 2012. This is just one example. The impressive id ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-11
