The Foreign Correspondents Club of China (FCCC) has accused Beijing of weaponizing visas as part of a stepped-up campaign of pressure on foreign journalists operating in the country. "Since 2013, when ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-02
... ealth said. Two of the newly confirmed cases are associated with the cluster related to the Buddhist temple Fook Wai Ching She on Shu Kuk Street in North Point. One is a 46-year-old woman (the 95th ca ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-02
The outbreak of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, that began in Wuhan, China, may well turn into a global pandemic. Nearly 50 countries have confirmed cases of the virus, with the precise nature of the t ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-02
... nd flights. The first American died from the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), a man in his 50s with underlying conditions in Washington state, officials said Saturday. They still do not know how he contr ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-02
... of dollars. Major distributors such as McKesson Corp. and drugmakers including Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. joined in the request that US District Judge Dan Polster in Cleveland, Ohio, reject a ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-28
Publishing magnate Jimmy Lai Chee-Ying and two other pro-democracy activists were arrested by police on Friday on charges of illegal assembly. Lai, a self-made millionaire who has been a major financi ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-28
Thyssenkrupp AG said it agreed to sell its elevators division to a consortium of Advent, Cinven and Germany’s RAG foundation for 17.2 billion euros (US$18.7 billion) in what could be the world’s large ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-28
... the matter. The FCC is expected to announce the proposed fines on AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Sprint Corp. and T-Mobile US Inc. on Friday. The companies will be able to challenge the ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-28
Amazon.com Inc. said it has barred more than 1 million products from sale in recent weeks that had inaccurately claimed to cure or defend against the coronavirus, Reuters reports. Amazon also removed ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-28
... s possible. In his budget speech given on Wednesday, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po proposed HK$10,000 cash assistance to all Hong Kong permanent residents aged 18 or above “with a view to encour ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-27
... ng illness. Asia reported hundreds of new cases on Wednesday, Brazil confirmed Latin America’s first infection and the new disease – Covid-19 – was also detected for the first time in Pakistan, Sweden ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-27
Last October, the 2019 Global Health Security Report included a stark warning: “National health security is fundamentally weak around the world. No country is fully prepared for epidemics or pandemics ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-27
Gilead Sciences Inc. said it has started two late-stage studies to test its drug in patients with severe and moderate cases of the illness caused by the coronavirus, Reuters reports. Beginning in Marc ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-27
Google persuaded a federal appeals court to reject claims that YouTube illegally censors conservative content, Reuters reports. In a 3-0 decision that could apply to platforms such as Facebook, the 9t ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-27
Maria Sharapova, the Russian five-time Grand Slam champion who became one of the highest-paid sportswomen in the world, announced the end of her career at the age of 32. Siberia-born Sharapova, whose ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-27
Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po on Wednesday unveiled a fixed-rate mortgage loan scheme to support the property sector and enable more citizens to acquire homes. “The residential property market h ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-26
... al deficit. All permanent residents aged 18 or above will each receive HK$10,000 cash as part of the measures to help citizens cope with the economic downturn resulting from the raging coronavirus out ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-26
... a reported. China had 406 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Tuesday, the country’s National Health Commission said on Wednesday, down from 508 cases a day earlier. That brings the total ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-26
