Billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer, who has spent more than US$140 million to fight climate change, will do whatever it takes to oppose President-elect Donald Trump's pro-drilling and anti- ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-16
Four of Australia’s wealthiest farming barons are joining forces to prevent Chinese investors from buying S. Kidman & Co., the country’s largest cattle farm. The BBHO consortium comprising the fa ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-24
The Wang Chau saga is a cross between Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Animal Farm. The goings-on of Leung Chun-ying’s government demand a deeply credulous population. When people, whether governm ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-27
Actress Angelina Jolie has filed for a divorce from actor Brad Pitt, her husband of two years and romantic partner since 2005. "This decision was made for the health of the family. She will not be com ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-21
The United States has launched a World Trade Organization (WTO) complaint against Chinese subsidies for domestic wheat, rice and corn growers. Washington is alleging state support for these farmers ex ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-14
A nearly four-hour long movie about a woman's thirst for revenge and her feelings of forgiveness after 30 years in jail for a crime she did not commit has won the Venice Film Festival's top prize, Reu ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-12
Donald Trump's original nominees to his economic council included some 15 names of which only two are economists. Commentators were swift to press the point that this group was an all-male affair, and ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-19
US regulators paved the way for a lightning-fast next generation of wireless services in a move, making the United States the first country to set aside an ample amount of airwaves for so-called 5G wi ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-15
Beer is an absolute necessity for some sports fans. They wash their excitement down with it or toast their favorite teams in all its frothy glory. Euro Cup and Olympics diehards, for instance, can har ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
I have always considered acting to be a noble profession. Hence, I find it perplexing when questions are raised as to why some people would "waste" their education to pursue acting careers. We shoul ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-27
Like many of us in Hong Kong, I enjoy an occasional bowl of borscht. It is a soup that brings back memories. As a fan of Thai cuisine, I also like tom yum kung. Not only do these and other soups taste ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-20
A Peeping Tom has been ogling unsuspecting users of a Mong Kok cinema washroom via a remote-control camera attached to an exhaust fan. The makeshift contraption was discovered by a woman who noticed i ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-16
Hong Kong must focus more on boosting the consumption of locals to help the retail and tourism-related businesses amid a decline in mainland visitors to the city, says a prominent corporate executive. ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-02
China’s leading Communist Party mouthpiece says the nation has to face up to its non-performing loans and tackle a build-up of debt that is weighing on the global economy. People’s Daily called the co ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
Economists hoping to dress up their analysis of April data have two choices. Fourteenth-century English poet Geoffrey Chaucer’s “April with its showers sweet” is the go-to choice for any green shoots. ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-03
The Chinese Communist Party’s first ever National Security Education Day has come and gone. Like most of the party's awareness campaigns, it was largely ignored, and left behind is a collection of puz ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-03
US health officials have concluded that infection with the Zika virus during pregnancy causes the birth defect microcephaly, a finding that experts hope will refocus attention on efforts to stop infec ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-14
Capital outflows, surging credit expansion and slowing growth mean a torrent of headlines on China's financial risks. Despite those concerns, Bloomberg Intelligence Economics’ Financial Stability Inde ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-11
GF International Investment Management Ltd. is setting its sights on the absolute-return segment to compete with its rivals in Hong Kong. The firm is considering launching more private equity funds in ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-11
Defaults, frauds and dodgy deals in China’s financial sector are piling up at a rapid rate. That’s an index of increasing stress, as growth slows and debt-servicing costs rise. Multiple interest-rat ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-06
