... ted States. “Crazy Trump, don’t think that everything is over with my father’s martyrdom,” Zeinab Soleimani said in her address broadcast on state television after US President Donald Trump ordered Fr ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-06
Astroscale, a company founded by Japanese Nobu Okada, has taken on a bold mission: to design and operate satellites that will remove man-made debris in space. The purpose of the undertaking is signifi ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-06
There is a saying that goes, "Winners do things losers don't want to do." But when it comes to Hong Kong politics it seems to be the other way round. Consider this: most of the newly-elected district ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-06
... ight path". In his first comments to the media since Saturday’s announcement of his appointment to the key post in Hong Kong, Luo Huining said he is “not unfamiliar with the city”, Reuters reports. "H ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-06
Recently, I and some representatives of the Association of Hong Kong Nursing Staff met up with Henry Fan Hung-ling, the new chairman of the Hospital Authority (HA). Among the topics we discussed was ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-03
Kweichow Moutai (600519.CN), China’s top liquor brand, saw its share price tumble 4.5 percent on the first trading day of the new year, despite a strong overall market, after the company said its reve ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-03
... Iran said. Top Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an adviser to Soleimani, was also killed in the attack, a militia spokesman said. The high-profile assassinations are likely to be a mass ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-03
In recent years, fears of a new cold war between the United States and China have been proliferating. But the tensions between the two powers would be better described as a “cool war,” characterized n ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-03
For more than a decade, China has been haunted by the prospect of getting stuck at an income level below that of the developed world (the “middle-income trap”). But the country’s economy is well on it ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-03
... ales (NSW). At the peak of the summer holiday period, tens of thousands of holidaymakers were urged to leave national parks and tourist areas on the NSW south coast and eastern areas of Victoria befor ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-03
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said there are indications Iran or forces it backs may be planning additional attacks, Reuters reports. He also warned that the “game has changed” and it is possible th ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-03
... tang (KMT). For the so-called pan-green coalition, the passage of the bill was like a big gift for the New Year. In an address delivered on New Year’s Day, President Tsai Ing-wen said the passage of t ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
China has temporarily blocked planned cross-border listings between the Shanghai and London stock exchanges because of political tensions with Britain, five sources told Reuters. Suspending the Shangh ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... the blazes. Fueled by searing temperatures and high winds, more than 200 fires are now burning across the southeastern states of New South Wales and Victoria, threatening several towns. Long queues fo ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
HSBC strongly condemned acts of vandalism by anti-government protesters who attacked its Wan Chai branch and the two lion statues at its headquarters in Central on New Year's Day. The attacks happened ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... deplorable. Responding to a graffiti incident that took place at the High Court premises in Admiralty on New Year's Day, the Department of Justice (DoJ) pointed out that acts aimed against the judicia ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
The ghost of Article 23 is back to haunt Hong Kong – and politically damaged Carrie Lam is likely to be given the task to push the controversial national security law through the Legislative Council. ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
A pro-democracy march in Hong Kong on New Year’s Day spiraled into chaotic scenes as police fired several rounds of tear gas and water cannon at crowds including families before halting the event. Abo ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
