Hundreds of demonstrators began a sit-in at the Hong Kong airport on Friday, setting off another round of protest actions in the city for the weekend that will put the government on high alert. Wearin ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-09
... ts in the city from her officials. Still, it must be said that, regardless of what Lam may have heard during her Wednesday visits, the stark truth is that we are still a long way off before the societ ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-09
... ong Smart City Blueprint announced in 2017, the first task is to tackle the problem of mobility. The Blueprint proposed some solutions, such as installing detectors at the main roads, sensors inside v ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-09
... s largest city, Srinagar, schools shut and roads and neighborhoods barricaded to stop public demonstrations against the sweeping changes. Security will be even tighter for Friday prayers, police said. ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-09
... ce in the city. The fact that the central authorities are weighing in on the political turmoil in Hong Kong on an increasingly frequent basis in recent weeks indicates that Beijing is keeping a close ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-08
... among the city's top officials for their handling of the matter, rather than escalate the campaign into other issues or indulge in violence. As for the central authorities and the Hong Kong government ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-08
... hern port city of Keelung and other northern counties. It also put out a warning to seafarers off the south and east coasts. A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan’s northeastern coast earlier o ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-08
... cross the city this weekend, starting on Friday with demonstrators planning a rally at the Chek Lap Kok international airport. Reuters – Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
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... very year city and rural governments there face thousands of protests, usually over confiscation of land, demolition of buildings and inadequate compensation, construction of petrochemical, waste disp ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-08
... Kashmiri city of Srinagar were deserted for a third day, with almost all shops shut, barring some pharmacies. Armed federal police manned mobile checkpoints across the city, limiting people’s movemen ...More
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... very year city and rural governments there face thousan ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2019年08月08日
As the extradition bill-related crisis drags on, throwing up the prospect of further disturbance in social order and peace in the city, a group of young anti-government protesters held a press confere ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-07
... ocked the city over the past two months. As the business sector, which has remained relatively conservative and rarely taken a stand on political issues in the past, has joined the calls for conciliat ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-07
Hong Kong is facing its worst crisis since the 1997 handover, the head of China’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. The city has faced months of sometimes violent ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-07
Police fired around 800 tear gas grenades during clashes with protesters on Monday, when a general strike saw multiple mass actions rage across the city. Senior Superintendent Kong Wing-cheung of the ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-07
... izing the city’s economy and the livelihood of 7 million people. Retail and tourism, the two sectors directly affected, together represent about 10 percent of Hong Kong’s GDP. While the weighting is n ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-07
... on of the city is concerned. Just like we have said over and over again, the only way for Lam to truly resolve the ongoing crisis is to answer the two consensus demands of the people: officially withd ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-07
... on in the city. Yang also reiterated Beijing's "resolute support" for Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, saying "those who will force her to step down will never get what they want", RTHK rep ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-06
... ought the city to an unprecedented standstill, tens of thousands took part in rallies to put pressure on the government to respond to their demands, which include complete withdrawal of the extraditio ...More
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