... d, it has produced a kind of monetary non-system that depends on a debt-driven, dollar-based model that is too pro-cyclical, fragile, and potentially biased to support the management of trade conflict ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-30
... people is pro-Beijing lawmaker and Executive Councilor Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, who is also the chairperson of the New People’s Party. There has been talk that Ip is eyeing a so-called "Super District C ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-27
Democratic Party lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung has apologized for a phone-snatching incident at the Legislative Council complex, admitting that his behavior was inappropriate. The apology came after Hui w ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-26
... so of the Professional Guild. Also expected to attend the luncheon are Charles Mok Nai-kwong and Kenneth Leung Kai-cheong, of the Professional Guild, and Ip Kin-yuen representing the education sector. ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-23
... ponse to “provocations” by Taiwan leaders related to what China fears are moves to push for the self-ruled island’s formal independence. China claims Taiwan as its sacred territory. Late on Wednesday, ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-19
The Legislative Council Commission has decided not to pursue its demand that four ousted pro-democracy lawmakers pay back the salaries and allowances they had received prior to their disqualification, ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-19
... from the pro-establishment camp believe that this doesn’t mean Han is going to have the final word on Hong Kong and Macau affairs. The latest information they have received is that another group at a ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-19
... ndustrial prominence in the Soviet Union, thanks to its rich mineral resources. Meanwhile, despite the fact that Moscow went to great lengths to suppress the Belarusian language and culture, the repre ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-19
... ew law to protect China's national interests, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. On Sunday, Wang Zhimin, director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong, said at a forum that Hong Kong's lack o ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-18
... 's latest products. The news came after the Shenzhen-based company unveiled its flagship P20 Series smartphones in Hong Kong last week. Huawei boasts its latest offerings, with prices starting at HK$4 ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-17
... finance a probe into the Leung-UGL affair. The fundraising campaign, named “Wolf-Hunting Action”, saw HK$2.09 million being collected through online donations as of 11 am Tuesday after it was launched ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-17
Recently Professor Benny Tai Yiu-ting of Hong Kong University came under enormous fire from the pro-establishment camp, the pro-Beijing media and the Hong Kong government for some remarks he made at a ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-16
... Sasse, a pro-trade Republican, said in a statement after the meeting between Trump and the senators. At his Senate confirmation hearing for the post of Trump’s next secretary of state, CIA director M ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-13
... ntury has proven a watershed in the history of the Belarusians. While the Kievan Rus’ in the south was conquered by the Mongols, who would continue to rule the region for the next two hundred years or ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-12
... , as some pro-establishment lawmakers have told reporters in private, while they are pretty impressed with the performance of Secretary Chan in dealing with the opposition, they have serious reservati ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-12
Europe has a decision to make. It can stand by as nationalism and authoritarianism flourish from the United States (with Donald Trump's "America First" approach) to China (which is moving from a singl ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-11
... d to hire professionals, collect evidence, both here and overseas, so that Leung can be brought to justice for his suspected misconduct, they said. Following the launch of the campaign, organizers saw ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-10
... ngyang rapprochement. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine a solution to the North Korean nuclear problem without China playing a major role. One danger in the current setup is that countries, especiall ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-09
