... udent-led pro-democracy protests in the early hours of June 4, 1989. The role Li played in the Tiananmen crackdown had prompted many Chinese activists to call him the "Butcher of Beijing". However, he ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-30
... right to protest is part of the “checks and balances” in Hong Kong that support its “institutional strength”. It warned that erosion of such features of Hong Kong would be negative for the city’s rat ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-30
The political turmoil arising from the proposed extradition bill is still gripping Hong Kong, but our government has remained defiant against public calls for withdrawing the bill and establishing an ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
At least 49 people have been arrested after a pro-democracy rally led to violent clashes between demonstrators and the police in Central and Western District on Sunday, with the protesters facing char ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
... ince even pro-establishment camp members don’t seem to have a good opinion of her. That said, all these measures by themselves may not be sufficient to defuse the current calamity, in view of the appa ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that his administration will not grant Apple any relief for tariffs on parts made in China for its Mac Pro computer. “Apple will not be given Tariff waiver, or ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
... nt street protests, ‘Ga Yau Heung Gong’, a colloquialism that can be roughly translated as meaning, all strength to Hong Kong, sums up the fundamental sense of solidarity that the people have and thei ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-26
... an of the pro-business party, joined hands with three party honorary chairpersons -- James Tien Pei-chun, Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee and Miriam Lau Kin-yee -- and another party senior, Felix Chung Kwo ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-26
A week before suspected triad gang members attacked protesters and commuters at the Yuen Long MTR Station last Sunday, an official from China’s representative office urged local residents to drive awa ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-26
... as civil proceedings, he said. Meanwhile, efforts will also be directed at holding the police accountable for lapses in discharging their duties, Lam said, while also suggesting that the officers may ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-25
A co-founder of the Hong Kong Economic Times (HKET) has stepped down from his top posts in the publication after taking back his remarks on extradition bill protesters that have been strongly criticiz ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-24
Pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho Kwan-yiu reported to the police that the graves of his parents had been desecrated, days after he was seen shaking hands with some of the white-clad men who attacked pro ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-24
