Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Tuesday unveiled an experience center called "Mi Home" in Hong Kong. The 270-square-foot center, located in Hollywood Plaza in Mong Kok, marks the first such facilit ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
China's mid-tier cities, which include Chengdu, Wuhan, Tianjin and Hangzhou, will see strong demand for office space amid vibrant corporate activity and expansion of middle-class households, according ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-29
Video streaming services will see rising global demand amid robust growth in the number of online viewers who prefer high-quality videos, according to Akamai Technologies, a cloud service provider. Th ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-27
KFit, a new fitness-sharing platform, sees huge potential in the Asia Pacific region compared with North America where subscriptions are lagging. "Asia Pacific is the fastest-growing region in the wor ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-26
Maybe you are not to blame for being less productive or absent-minded at work. It could actually be the building and the office environment that is the root of the problem. Lack of fresh air, improper ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-22
Three prominent British journalists who have written for the South China Morning Post for nearly 40 years combined will be deprived of their regular op-ed columns starting next month. Philip Bowring, ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-20
Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP), a non-profit organization, is launching a free English-language news website next month after recently completing the first round of an online crowd-funding campaign. “We ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-18
Hong Kong residents have got used to receiving unwanted calls from banks and other financial institutions offering loan and insurance services at the most inappropriate time. But when faced with a rea ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-14
Money is no object for China's well-heeled set, but what pleases the eye or palate is, of course, a matter of taste. For some tycoons, it's hanging a Monet on the wall of their living room, while anot ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-12
Merchandise stored in overseas warehouses by Hong Kong's e-commerce companies on eBay increased 64 percent in the fourth quarter last year from the same period in 2012. More than one-third of Hong Kon ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-11
After steering TVB during the golden age of Hong Kong television and presiding over the Hong Kong Economic Journal (EJ) for nine years during which he created a bilingual financial news media, Robert ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-30
The first mainland residential project of MTR Corp. (00066.HK) is almost sold out, thanks to hot demand from Hong Kong citizens. Over three thousand people lined up for 600 units of Tiara, a residenti ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-28
The pro-democracy Umbrella Movement may be over, but the impact of umbrellas on the Hong Kong stock market is way beyond expectations. Forget Alibaba or Tencent: Jicheng Umbrella (01027.HK), a tiny um ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-27
Nepal was hit by a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake Saturday, killing more than 2,500 people, injuring more than 6,000 others and flattening entire sections of Kathmandu, the nation’s capital. Hospita ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-27
Despite the growing popularity of online shopping, last-mile issues remain a challenge for e-tailers. One-year-old FingerShopping has found a cost-effective solution that could be a model for the indu ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-23
In the financial world, QE means quantitative easing, a program to bolster growth in leading economies like the United States, Europe and Japan that fund managers cannot afford to ignore. In horse rac ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-23
After making amendments to its Trademark Law last year, China is on track to revise its other laws relating to intellectual property (IP). A draft of amendments to the Copyright Law was recently subm ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-22
Facebook is seeking a new business model with content providers that will encourage them to put their videos and news articles directly on the world’s largest social media network, rather than on thei ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
Is the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong making too much profit from the city? The liaison office has reportedly cashed in over HK$380 million (US$49 million) selling prop ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-16
Tata Communications, a Mumbai-based telecom service provider, has launched Media Ecosystem, offering media companies the ability to distribute video content across different countries. Content provide ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15