... ments has proven to be useless, thereby sowing the seeds of the idea of unorthodox and “leaderless” form of social campaigns. Meanwhile, an important reason why our citizens have demonstrated unpreced ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-06
... time and prompting police to warn of use of force to disperse them if they refused to leave. While the standoff, which lasted until sometime after midnight, ended without clashes, the police did cond ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-06
... nwhile, a pro-establishment figure who had met with some “middlemen” sent by Beijing to Hong Kong last week has speculated that the sudden U-turn on the extradition bill withdrawal came about because ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-06
... weeks of protests since June 9 and the increasing violence on both sides have greatly damaged this precious rapport. As of Aug. 4, police had arrested 1,183 people and fired more than 2,300 rounds of ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-06
... y violent protests, but she skirted the questions. “It is not exactly correct to describe this as a change of mind,” she said. She added that this full withdrawal of the bill was a decision made by he ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-05
... or of the pro-democracy camp in the Legislative Council, said Lam's decision, which she announced in a video address on Wednesday, was "too little, too late" as the extradition bill has already dealt ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-05
... rules of procedure when the Legislative Council resumes". The chief executive said there were other measures been taken, including "fully supporting" the work of the Independent Police Complaints Cou ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-04
... rted that pro-government lawmakers had been called to a meeting with the chief executive, who was expected to announce the formal withdrawal of the now-suspended legislative initiative. Members of the ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-04
Three people were sent to hospital after police fired beanbag rounds and used pepper spray on pro-democracy protesters in Prince Edward on Tuesday night, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. Two of ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-04
... ings have proliferated, risking backlash from powerful national gun owners’ groups. The retailer is urging that background checks be strengthened and that the reauthorization of a national assault wea ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-04
A young pro-democracy activist who was barred last year from running for a Legislative Council by-election has won a legal challenge against the decision, but said she remains doubtful if her case wou ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-03
... , and the protagonists (Leonardo di Caprio and Brad Pitt) play a star and his sidekick stuntman trapped in the Hollywood studio system. Fifty years later, our traditional notions of Hollywood still li ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-03
... en Square protests of 1989. Hong Kong has been convulsed by sometimes violent protests and mass demonstrations since June, in response to a proposed law by Lam’s administration that would allow people ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-02
Dozens of people were arrested on Saturday after anti-extradition bill protesters clashed with officers on both sides of Victoria Harbour. At least 63 were arrested at Prince Edward MTR station alone, ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-02
Hong Kong authorities on Friday charged pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung with organizing an illegal protest as they tighten a clampdown on unrest in the city. Police arrested several other ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-30
Police are looking for suspects in separate attacks on two pro-democracy activists and their companions on Thursday. One of the victims was Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit, convenor of the Civil Human Rights Front ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-30
Earlier this summer, Carrie Lam, the chief executive of Hong Kong, submitted a report to Beijing that assessed protesters’ five key demands and found that withdrawing a contentious extradition bill co ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-30
Hong Kong police have arrested prominent pro-democracy advocate Joshua Wong Chi-fung on Friday, according to Demosisto, the political party co-founded by the young activist. “He was suddenly pushed in ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-30
