Cage Homes : an art exhibit on Hong Kong's most expensive streets

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

21 May 2013

China and India are very different countries with very different economies. But visiting his opposite number in New Delhi this week, Chinese premier Li Keqiang may well have been struck by some...

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If this is a bubble, it is not about to burst any time soon

9 Aug 2012

A reader has written in to take issue with a column from a couple of weeks ago which argued that despite the steep run-up in Hong Kong's housing prices over the last few years, there are still no...

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Anti-pollution people power is good for growth

30 Jul 2012

Chalk it up as another victory for popular protest. On Saturday, thousands of aggrieved citizens gathered in the coastal city of Qidong in Jiangsu to demonstrate against plans to build a pipeline...

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Banning private birth tourism will only damage Hong Kong

18 Apr 2012

Leung Chun-ying wants to ban mainland mothers from giving birth in Hong Kong's private hospitals.

He really hasn't thought this one through.

12:54PM

Falling wine prices hint at a hard landing ahead

20 Jan 2012

The release of stronger-than-expected growth figures this week has reinforced hopes that the mainland's economy will avoid a nasty slowdown this year.

Unfortunately, steep falls in...

5:50AM

Dire warnings on the perils of minimum wage don't ring true

2 Sep 2010

Supporters of the minimum wage hope that by raising pay rates at the bottom of the social pile, the new law will reduce Hong Kong's income inequality and make our society more equitable. It's a...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

12:54AM

Howard Winn

Way to go

2:01AM

America's misplaced inferiority complex

When it comes to China it seems Americans are suffering from a severe inferiority complex.

8:38PM

Don't be impressed by 'survivor bias'

Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, you probably get plagued by spam.

8:28PM

Game theory answer to climate blindness

Tom Holland

If the environmental policies of the United States and China seem inexplicable, a little game theory might shed light on the positions of the world's two biggest...

6:51AM

Mainland should note Vietnam prices

If mainland policy-makers are in any doubt about the dangers of holding down the value of their currency in the face of heavy capital inflows, they only have to look at Vietnam for a salutary...

3:19PM

China's growth just won't slow

China will announce its economic growth figure for the first quarter of the year on Thursday. Expect a humdinger.

2:02AM

Investment success can really be down to the flip of a coin

If you are wondering whose investment advice to listen to, here is a small piece of advice about advisers: it pays to be deeply suspicious of investment 'gurus'.

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