Some turn to purchasing managers indexes, others pull apart gross domestic product figures. But if you want to get a real sense of what shape the economy is in, take a good long look at underwear sale ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-17
Hong Kong commuters are generally known to be considerate, giving up their seats on trains and buses when they see an elderly or a pregnant person or a woman with baby in arms. But every now and then ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-16
Win some, lose some. But the people behind a Singapore government ad campaign against gambling lost big-time in the World Cup, becoming the butt of jokes at home and abroad. To drive home the message ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-15
Two penguins have got some Singapore book borrowers all hot and bothered -- so much so that the city-state's National Library Board has pulled several banned volumes from its shelves. The board confir ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-14
The term “smackdown” was first used by professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson (a.k.a. The Rock) in 1997. Ten years later its use had become so ubiquitous that Merriam-Webster felt compelled to add it to ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-09
The Al Qaeda offshoot that has seized territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an Islamic "Caliphate" and called on factions worldwide to pledge their allegiance, Reuters reported, citing a sta ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-30
China will do its best to help but Africa could be expecting too much from Asia's biggest economy, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing vice president Li Yuanchao during a state visit to Zambia. Li said ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-20
Britain's deputy prime minister has condemned China's political system and accused the country of systematic abuse of human rights, the Guardian reported Monday ahead of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's t ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-18
Staff at Next Media are working to get content online after the company's Hong Kong website was hacked at 3.30am Wednesday. The attack, just days before the June 22 Occupy Central poll on political re ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-18
Can vanity drive female officials to commit graft? This question has surfaced after a study by the official crime prevention unit (OCPU) of the Supreme People's Procuratorate showed an upsurge in the ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-17
The mainland's contribution to Hong Kong is only partial and the city is not overly reliant on the rest of the country for its fortunes, according to two Hong Kong government chiefs. The comments come ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-16
Formal Mandarin may not always be useful for foreigners trying to make themselves at home in Taiwan, but some common pet phrases will surely come in handy. Jesus Sandoval, a young Spanish man, has poi ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-13
There have been two significant bouts of volatility in emerging currency markets since May last year, each featuring large losses on "carry trades" which involve borrowing low-yielding currencies to i ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-12
If he wasn't selling his home-style pork belly buns near Hunan University in Changsha, 43-year-old vendor Shao Jianhua from Hangzhou looks like he could be leading a nation and mixing with prime minis ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-06
He lived undercover, he operated under an assumed name and worked at all levels in the intelligence world. Edward Snowden, the man who leaked a flood of classified material on US National Security Ag ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-28
A woman expat had to be restrained after she climbed over a glass barrier in the gallery and threatened to jump into the chamber after Hong Kong legislators approved funding for a controversial waste ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-28
You know something has changed on the mainland when a developer cannot open a eight-story clubhouse in prime Shanghai real estate to give the city's elite the space to rub shoulders. Reuters reports ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-26
Prenuptial jitters are par for the course among prospective newlyweds, but when the would-be groom is one of the world's top golfers, the experience could be like trying to sink the winning putt in a ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-22
Are you sometimes tempted to unfriend some people on Facebook because they clutter your account with dozens of selfies -- and that's just in the past half hour -- or snapshots of the breakfast they ha ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-22
China, the world’s largest energy user, has made great progress in its decade-long talks for natural gas supply with Russia, with the latter looking to cut its dependence on Europe as a major market. ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-20
