How long does it take to swipe a card 200 times and get the paperwork all signed? The answer is about an hour, according the China Securities Daily. But Hong Kong insurance agents are more than happy ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-24
A European space lander reached Mars on Wednesday, but there are growing fears that it has been lost. Older European and US spacecraft already in orbit relayed data of the lander's six-minute descent. ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-20
A Mars lander left its mothership on Sunday after a seven-month journey from Earth and headed toward the red planet's surface to test technologies for Europe's planned first Mars rover, which will sea ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-17
Former financial secretary Antony Leung is praising John Tsang as a suitable choice for Hong Kong's next chief executive. Leung said his predecessor is the one person "most capable of uniting Hong Kon ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-04
Saudi Arabia has long relied on oil to fuel its economic growth and development. Last year, oil accounted for about three-quarters of the kingdom’s total export revenues and around 90 percent of gover ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-28
About half of China's infrastructure projects do not have economic value as the costs have been larger than the benefits, according to an article published in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy. The ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-15
Sitting around is unproductive but being relentlessly sedentary is bad for your health, countless research have shown. So, does crossing your legs while sitting add to the problems? Naresh C. Rao, a d ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-24
Wealth inequality has been widening since the world embraced globalization in the 80s. The situation became worse after the financial crisis in 2008 prompted worldwide monetary easing. In his book "Ca ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-22
On Monday, when Masayoshi Son announced his Softbank Group is buying British chip designer ARM holdings, he told the media it was the brightest day in his life and he couldn’t help being excited about ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-20
The nomination period for the September Legco election opened on Saturday. This time the Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) has introduced an innovative measure: anyone who wants to stand for the elec ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
The Hong Kong police force drew criticism after it invited the head of the People's Liberation Army in the city to inspect a passing-out parade of new recruits at the Hong Kong Police College over the ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-12
British voters’ choice to leave the European Union is unfortunate, but unsurprising. For decades, British politicians have avoided making the case for EU membership, or even explaining to the British ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
An African woman who has been jailed in Hong Kong for drug trafficking has accused prison authorities of mistreating her. Marlese Mbachu, who is in her 40s, has complained that officers at the Lo Wu C ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-21
The Chinese authorities have released various measures to stem capital outflows. However, capital continues to flee the country through different channels. The US Federal Reserve started tapering its ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-16
Since the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, productivity growth in three advanced economies -- the United States, Europe, and Japan -- has been very slow both in absolute terms and relative to ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-06
The recent surge in the number of student suicides since the beginning of the current academic year has become a cause for grave public concern about the study-related stress and other mental health i ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-01
Fraud and other financial crimes involving financial intermediaries have been on the rise in the past few years. To make things worse, I found recently that some intermediaries were posing as certifie ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-26
Cyber thieves who stole US$12 million from an Ecuadorian bank in 2015 routed the funds through 23 companies registered in Hong Kong, some of them with no clear business activity, Reuters reports, citi ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-26
Tsai Ing-wen's (蔡英文) soft-toned inauguration speech in Taiwan broached the subject of cross-strait relations in a somewhat peripheral manner. Going through the text of the 6,000-character speech relea ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-24
Mainland authorities have issued new measures for the stock market after halting the homecoming of US-listed Chinese stocks. The China Securities Regulatory Commission has reportedly prevented listed ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-13
