Hong Kong delegates to the last "twin sessions" received their newest marching orders: Go to school campuses and promote national education. The edict from China's highest political consultative body ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-15
Just two weeks ago, retired judge Woo Kwok-hing was still very much in the pan-democrats' favor, and thanks to their endorsement, he was able to secure his candidacy without having to tap into pro-est ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-15
... tween the pro-Beijing and democratic camps. Leung's election is a confirmation of Beijing's appreciation of what he has done as Hong Kong leader in the past five years. Many political pundits have ent ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-14
The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body, has told its members from Hong Kong to promote national education in local schools, a move aimed at ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-14
... ednesday, pro-Beijing newspaper Sing Pao published a commentary saying Zhang Xiaoming, head of Beijing's Liaison Office in Hong Kong, was the source of rumors regarding Lam's purported choice by Beiji ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-09
... se in the pro-establishment camp, was once again denied access to the race. I believe she has every reason to be indignant about being short-changed by the Election Committee. Meanwhile, some commenta ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-09
A fund launched last week to provide assistance to policemen and their families affected by the 2014 Occupy protests, has returned the money donated by three personalities from the entertainment indus ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-08
... ng of 179 pro-democracy members on the Election Committee, without any assistance from Beijing. At a recent meeting with the Hong Kong delegation to the National People's Congress in Beijing, Zhang De ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-08
... , it also provides a handy platform for swift but often unfair litigations and judgments. Because of social media, defendants in high-profile lawsuits, and even ordinary individuals, are sometimes sub ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-08
... , several pro-establishment members of the Election Committee have admitted receiving phone calls from the Liaison Office urging them to vote for Lam. The democrats, on the other hand, have decided to ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-07
... ccounting profession, said last week he received a letter on Thursday from CY Leung’s lawyers asking him to respond by Monday noon to questions regarding the legislator's remarks to reporters. The law ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-07
... hile, the pro-democracy coalition "Democracy 300+" held a meeting a day earlier for a discussion as to which candidate they should vote for on election day. After the meeting the group announced that ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-07
... election promises for votes, and that’s exactly why there’s no serious, independent platform as you will have to change it often when meeting different people,” she told the Hong Kong Economic Journa ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-06
A fund established to provide assistance to police officers and their families affected by the 2014 Occupy protests has received more than HK$20 million in donations from various groups and individual ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-06
... hina. And provided that everyone in Hong Kong takes the view that Hong Kong cannot and should not be an independent state … Hong Kong will remain a part of China." Earlier on Sunday, Premier Li underl ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-06
... is rigged process. There are, of course, dangers in bestowing some kind of legitimacy on a basically undemocratic election but I have come to believe that it is both defeatist and foolhardy to simply ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-03
Legislator Ted Hui Chi-fung of the Democratic Party accused pro-Beijing group Silent Majority of harassing a high school teacher who spoke against police officers supporting their seven colleagues who ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-03
Despite being a minority on the Election Committee, members of the pro-democracy camp still managed to make a difference against all odds in the upcoming chief executive election by throwing their wei ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-03
... economy. Pro-growth policies, evident by a lending binge and increased government spending last year, have fueled worries among policymakers about high debt levels and an overheating housing market, ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-03
