World Views | China’s latest financial reform changes nothing

When the Chinese government proposed last week to end its decades-long policy of capped bank lending, there was good reason to be skeptical about its motives. China had just had its biggest

Kapok | Social Responsibility

The summary of the 2014 Chief Executive policy address included a small box, oddly entitled “Tips for the Elderly”, in which we were told that elderly citizens were entitled to

HK Observer | Embers from the fire

The long road to the Basic Law’s objective of universal suffrage has just got a lot longer. Now that the Legislative Council (LegCo) has voted down the proposals to introduce

Artifacts | To ‘Om’ or not to ‘Om’?

Apart from being the longest day of the year, last Sunday was also special for another reason. It was the first ever UN international day of yoga. Promoted enthusiastically worldwide

World Views | Chinese investors are swimming in a giant bubble

JPMorgan Chase and BlackRock disagree about China’s stock bubble. The former says last week’s 13 percent share plunge is a reason to buy; the latter sees things “deflating quite rapidly.” So who’s

Rear Window | Typhoon season

High summer in Macau comes with unbearable humidity, gales and tropical showers, and a series of typhoons. But daily news and public affairs do not have a so-called ‘silly season’.

Bizcuits | Look beyond and be inspired

It’s summer. Get out, I implore you. Travel. Go into the countryside, breathe the air, or go to a big city, one of those amazing cities with tons of character

World Views | Greece’s tremors spread toward Spain and Italy

One reason European Union officials are allowing Greece to toddle dangerously close to the cliff top of exiting the euro is their oft-asserted belief that the situation is ring-fenced. A Greek default

World Views | Tsipras faces Greece’s moment of truth

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has four days to capitulate to demands to keep Greece in the euro - or prepare for a messy divorce. The collapse of talks in Brussels

Insight | Lusophony is not consensual in Macau

TThe idea of Macau serving as a platform between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries is politically correct, apparently blessed by Beijing, but faces resistance from unnamed local forces that use

Kapok | The difference is Macao… or is it?

While coming back from Hong Kong yesterday, I stumbled upon an old acquaintance of mine, a man of venerable age, a man of the robe—a clerical one—and busy, still, with

HK Observer | June 4 realities

The annual June 4 marches are held here with several purposes in mind: to commemorate the deaths which occurred during the Tiananmen Square crackdown; to call for a reassessment of

Artifacts | Secrecy on the Yangtze

It could be the title of an Agatha Christie novel since this tragic tale includes all the classic elements of a murder mystery – death, intrigue and secrecy. But before

World Views | Hong Kong is embracing China’s investment bubble

Bill Gross of Janus Capital says his next great short trade may be Chinese stocks. With the Shenzhen and Shanghai markets up another 9 percent last week, it’s not hard to

Rear Window | Smoke curtain

Who could have guessed that the smoking ban in casinos would return to haunt gaming operators? Given, of course, the much more relevant issues the industry is now facing, like

Bizcuits | Not that word again – “talents”

The school attrition problem hasn’t gone away. The rate students leave school since it became a topic of public commentary in 2005 has been attributed to society’s socio-economic structure: namely,

Sport Views | FIFA reformers must now set their sights on Russia, Qatar

“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death,” Bill Shankly famously said. “I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” The quote, from Liverpool’s

Market Views | Negative bets on China shares may be unwise

Despite the correction last week and the crazy volatility, the recent rise in China’s Shanghai Composite Index is good news for the over-levered companies fortunate enough to be listed on

World Views | Stop calling China a currency manipulator

Christine Lagarde’s people say China’s currency is no longer undervalued. Jacob Lew’s argue it still is. There’s a lot at stake in the debate: The yuan can’t gain status as a

Insight | In our backyard

Traditionally Macau doesn’t pay much notice to deeds on the other side of the border. But the times when Zhuhai was little more than a fishermen’s village are long gone

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