... ds of the Grand Historian, a monumental history book on ancient China, says Hong Kong was annexed by Qin Shi Huang (秦始皇). He sent convicts to the new territory and subsequently began establishing set ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-13
... for this grand strategy as a lethal weapon that can hopefully help China replace the United States in 20 years’ time as the world’s No. 1 superpower. Curiously, however, the once intense media hype a ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-12
Zaha Hadid, an Iraqi-British architect known for her grand, avant-garde projects, died on Thursday. She was 65 years old. Hadid contracted bronchitis earlier this week and died of a sudden heart attac ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-01
... n which a grand jury charged five members of the Chinese military with hacking into American computer networks and engaging in cyber espionage on behalf of a foreign government. The charges, related t ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-24
... . flat in Grand Promenade residential estate in the same area would cost only HK$37.8 psf to rent, Caritas said. A similar situation can also be found in Sham Shui Po, where the median per-square-foot ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-18
Successfully beating South Korean Weiqi, or Go, grandmaster Lee Sedol, Google's artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo has proved itself a grand milestone in AI development. AI has been on fast ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-16
Sixteen people, including four Europeans, have been killed in an attack by al Qaeda gunmen on a beach resort in Ivory Coast. Six gunmen targeted hotels on a beach at Grand Bassam, a weekend retreat po ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-14
... at such a grand scale. Target Asia-Pacific M&A to date is down 45 percent from the comparative period in 2015. The views expressed in this article are those of Elaine Tan, a Senior Deals Intellige ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-11
... use and a grand ballroom cum viewing gallery. Spherical forms are seldom a coherent, enhancing element when added to a high-rise but they are still favored by mainland cadres and developers: Shanghai’ ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-10
... ad of the grand opening of Shanghai Disneyland Resort in June. Kam was appointed to the role in 2008, the first Chinese managing director of the theme park which opened in 2005. Lau is a former vice p ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova dropped a bombshell Tuesday when she revealed she failed a drug test at the Australian Open in January. Sharapova, 28, a five-time grand slam champion, will be prov ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
... f China's grand design for the city's integration into the mainland, but is it the best for Hong Kong's economic development? During the British rule, Hong Kong's economy was built by its own policies ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-07
... g. "Their grand exhibition occupied six halls," Xinhua quoted one elderly woman from Jiangsu province as saying. The case spotlights growing risks in a loosely regulated wealth management products ind ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-01
... arded the Grand Bauhinia Medal to Yeung Kwong, a mastermind of the 1967 riots against colonial rule. Hong Kong's democratic path is like an egg that breaks against a high wall. But after Mong Kok, the ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-24
Vienna, Austria's grand capital on the Danube river, offers the highest quality of life of the world's cities, topping for the seventh straight year a livability list compiled by consulting firm Merce ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-24
... OOD-TV, a Grand Rapids station, quoted police as saying that they were investigating reports that Dalton dropped off Uber fares at a Fairfield Inn hotel and then killed four women and wounded a 14-yea ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-22
... ith their grand children," Mak said, adding that Gingko tries to accommodate and tailor the duty schedule accordingly. Some Gingko staffers were in totally different business before joining. To help t ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-20
Hong Kong has great advantages in trading, logistics and financial services that can help the city play a key role in China's "One Belt One Road" strategy. The mainland's grand plan can stimulate eco ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
... 8, at the Grand Hall at the University of Hong Kong, eminent writers and poets from Hong Kong and Taiwan launched a festival profiling seven literary celebrities. One was Pai Hsien-yung (白先勇), from Ta ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-15
... treet and Grand Plaza and some members started setting objects on fire, generating large amount of smoke. Clashes between police and protesters continued. 3 am: Hong Kong Indigenous announced that its ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-11
