Hundreds of secondary school students formed human chains in districts across Hong Kong on Monday in support of anti-government protesters after another weekend of clashes in the city. Metro stations ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-09
... bilization. In my view, there is also another major factor that has made this movement front page news across the globe: the entire campaign has remained “leaderless” or without a so-called center sta ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-06
... ition bill. In Kowloon Tong, about 200 students and alumni formed human chains at 7 am Friday outside secondary schools in the area. Wearing dark clothes and face masks, the protest involved current ...More
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... onial rule. Nearly four decades later, many at home and abroad denounced him as a power-obsessed autocrat willing to unleash death squads, rig elections and trash the economy in the relentless pursuit ...More
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... activists. Protesters plan to block traffic to the international airport in Chek Lap Kok on Saturday, a week after thousands of demonstrators disrupted transport links, which saw some of the worst vi ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-06
"Hong Kong has no future and no option." This was the running joke among brokers on Thursday after the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (00388.HK) suspended derivatives trading for the first time in i ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-06
... as markets. That strategy paid off, helping it grow into the world’s second-largest maker of robotic vacuum cleaners. But then, the Taipei-headquartered firm became one of the many corporate casualtie ...More
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Three months ago, Hong Kong's police force enjoyed an excellent relationship with the public. Few countries in Asia could boast such warm relations between the ordinary public and “Asia’s Finest”. But ...More
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... e suggests. The Fed researchers analyzed newspaper articles and corporate earnings calls to estimate trade policy uncertainty, finding it has recently “shot up to levels not seen since the 1970s”. Oth ...More
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... the matter. The We Company’s deliberations illustrate how growing investor skepticism over the US office space sharing startup’s lack of a roadmap to profitability, and its co-founder Adam Neumann’s f ...More
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Scotland’s fabled Loch Ness monster could possibly be a giant eel, scientists said on Thursday after an intensive analysis of traces of DNA in the Loch’s icy waters. The results ruled out the presence ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-06
Hong Kong took the No. 38 spot on a list of the world's most liveable cities, down three notches from a similar survey last year, as per the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The city, however, can d ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-05
Chinese microblogging website Weibo Corp. has taken down an Instagram-like app just three days after its launch and apologized following accusations of plagiarism about the app’s logo, Reuters reports ...More
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Hong Kong authorities will provide more support for small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs), which have been hit by global economic weakness and deteriorating local business environment. The governm ...More
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... has heard. The proposal, which would replace a similar structure set-up by Taiwan, comes amid a global push by Beijing to peel away the allies of what it considers a wayward province with no right to ...More
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... of unrest. In a press conference, Lam was repeatedly questioned on why it took her so long to withdraw the bill that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China despite increasingly violent pro ...More
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said its first foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Fold, will be available in South Korea from Sept. 6 with fifth-generation (5G) mobile connectivity, Reuters reports. The dev ...More
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... recession. Asian shares extended gains and US stock futures jumped on the news. The announcement followed a call earlier in the day between China’s Vice Premier Liu He and US Trade Representative Rob ...More
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... ition bill. Lam also said she and her principal officials will start holding dialogue with people from all walks of life to “find ways to address the discontent in society and look for solutions”. The ...More
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Google, which is owned by Alphabet Inc., and its YouTube video service will pay US$170 million to settle allegations that it broke federal law by collecting personal information about children, Reuter ...More
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