... uble even going to a shopping mall or a hair salon. Following the publishing of the private conversation, which was said to have taken place last week, Lam on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that the re ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-03
Embattled Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said she has caused “unforgivable havoc” by igniting the political crisis engulfing the city and would quit if she had a choice, Reuters reports, c ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-02
Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po warned recently that the worsening external situation and the ongoing social unrest in the city threatens to land an "economic typhoon" on Hong Kong. In a post on h ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-02
... e central government does not enjoy the authority - note I say authority, not power - to prohibit the S.A.R's top leader from exercising her powers. Plainly, there was no requirement for Carrie Lam to ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-02
... m a year ago. That marks a sharp slowdown from 20 or 30 percent annual growth in the past. A Taiwanese financial commentator concluded that China is grappling with a serious economic slowdown given th ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-02
China and the United States began imposing additional tariffs on each other’s goods on Sunday, the latest escalation in a bruising trade war, but US President Donald Trump said the sides would still m ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-02
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has not ruled out invoking emergency powers as an option to address the escalating unrest in the city. Facing media before attending a regular Executive Coun ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-28
... make a vigorous stand at the scene. As such, maintaining normal MTR train service during protests can help demonstrators to disperse more rapidly. On the other hand, closing subway stations during pr ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-28
... news can go viral almost instantly, regardless of whether it’s authentic or not. Netizens usually won’t do fact-checking themselves, and it would be hard to do so anyway even if they want to. In the ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-28
... e China’s government on the international stage. Those who think that China’s government will resort to a military-led crackdown forget Sun Tzu’s dictum that winning wars without fighting is the “acme ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-28
... first to go to trial. Some drugmakers have chosen to settle cases. In holding J&J liable after a seven-week, non-jury trial, Judge Thad Balkman of Cleveland County District Court in Norman, Oklah ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-27
... on, news got out that Tien and Cheung might go head to head with each other at Tuesday’s party meeting over their dispute. Meanwhile, it is also rumored that some party heavyweights on Tien’s side ar ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-26
... lent anti-government demonstrations over the weekend, Reuters reported. Visiting the injured officers at Princess Margaret Hospital late Sunday night, Lo “expressed strong anger and condemnation again ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-26
... sia-based Go-Jek are evolving from ride-hailing app operators to become one-stop shops for services as varied as payments, food delivery, logistics and hotel bookings in Southeast Asia. Grab, with its ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-26
US President Donald Trump lashed back at a new round of Chinese tariffs by heaping an additional 5 percent duty on some US$550 billion in targeted Chinese goods in the latest tit-for-tat trade war esc ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-24
Hong Kong authorities have been striving to enhance Chinese language proficiency among ethnic minority students in the city, but a study suggests that the efforts still have a long way to go in terms ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-22
