An exhibition match organized by basketball legend Yao Ming as part of the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover was finally staged on Sunday night with a crowd of 7,600 fans f ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-31
Chinese companies have been on a foreign buying spree in recent years, inflating the prices of hotels, consumer brands, entertainment companies, sports clubs and other assets. However, the nation’s ov ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-26
Taiwan suffered another major diplomatic setback this week after the loss of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe in Africa last December. Panama, Taipei's major ally in Latin America, sud ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-15
Many Hong Kong people admire the culture and democratic political system of Taiwan but would they also accept Taiwan politicians voicing out support for Hong Kong democracy? On Monday, about 20 Taiwan ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-13
It is mid-morning in Paddington, one of London’s main rail stations, and the platforms are crowded with people. Several men in black uniforms and black hats stand out – policemen carrying machine guns ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-29
Internet security experts have found technical clues that could link North Korea with the WannaCry "ransomware" cyber-attack that has infected computers across the world since Friday, Reuters reports. ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-16
A major cyber-attack that affected several companies and organizations in dozens of countries around the world late last week could cause more disruptions, experts warned. Although the spread of a "ra ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-15
Established in Central in 1999, the Michelin-recognized Café Siam has opened a branch in Kennedy Town, featuring authentic Thai signature dishes and exclusive creations that cuisine lovers must try. F ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-31
Warren Buffett's compensation for running Berkshire Hathaway Inc. edged up 4.0 percent last year to US$487,881 reflecting the higher cost of keeping the world's second-richest person safe. Buffett's p ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-20
Critics of incentives for electric vehicles (EVs) often scornfully say that the government shouldn’t be giving handouts to “rich men” and their “toys” since the only EVs that had been seeing any signi ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-06
Syria's army says it has recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from Islamic State for the second time in a year, with help from allied forces and Russian warplanes. "With backing from the Syrian and ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-03
US President Donald Trump told Congress he was open to immigration reform, shifting from his harsh rhetoric on illegal immigration in a speech that offered a more restrained tone than his election cam ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-01
US Republican Senator Marco Rubio, his partymate Tom Cotton and Democratic Senator Ben Cardin have jointly reintroduced the “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act” to Congress, a move that might pr ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-01
In democratic countries governed by the system of “checks and balances” like the US, the mainstream media is often referred to as the “fourth branch of power”, while the White House is often known as ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-28
Verizon Communications Inc. said it would buy Yahoo Inc.'s core business for US$4.48 billion, lowering its original offer by US$350 million in the wake of two massive cyber attacks at the internet com ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-22
Sukhumvit Soi 38, a renowned night food market in Bangkok, no longer exists but it lives on in Hong Kong in a vibrant eatery in North Point. SOI. 38, located in City Garden Road, boasts authentic Thai ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-10
Airbus Group plans to test a prototype for a self-piloted flying car by the end of the year as a way of avoiding gridlock on city roads. Airbus last year formed a division called Urban Air Mobility t ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-17
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in Honduras on Sunday for a closely watched four-nation Central American visit but, in China at least, there was much more interest in her stopovers in the Unit ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-09
The United States, supposedly the world's beacon of democracy, is practicing a strange form of it nowadays. One presidential candidate won nearly three million more votes than her opponent, who, with ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-29
US billionaire Bill Gates has teamed up with other business leaders, including Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, to launch a US$1 billion clean-technology fund. The fund, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, wi ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-13
