... orld War, pro-Jewish sentiments remained strong in the country after the war. That explains why Czechoslovakia was one of the staunchest supporters of the creation of Israel in 1947, and threw its we ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-20
... gest meat processor in the world, earning nearly US$20 billion more in 2016 than its closest rival, Tyson Foods. But JBS achieved its position with assistance from the Brazilian Development Bank, and ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-20
A court has found a retired senior police officer guilty of attacking an innocent pedestrian during the pro-democracy Occupy protests in 2014, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. The ruling by an ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-19
As the pro-Beijing camp has succeeded in pushing through amendments to the existing Legco Rules of Procedure, many people may be under the impression that the pan-democrats are now deprived of their l ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-18
Only 20 percent of Hong Kong young students gain admission to universities. The remaining 80 percent would go for associate degrees, professional diploma or advanced diploma courses. Still, a degree n ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-18
One of the surest ways of being appointed to high office in Hong Kong is to abandon membership of a pro-democracy party and either join the government and or sign up to a pro-establishment party. With ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-15
... an of the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, as some had expected. Although the number of candidates is fewer by three than that seen in the 2012 election, t ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-14
There's life yet in Asia Television (ATV), or so it seems. More than a year and half after going off air amid various problems, the Hong Kong-based media company is planning a second coming through th ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-14
The 19-member presidium will oversees the coming election has announced the list of candidates. Only one aspirant from the pan-democratic camp made it to the list of 49 candidates approved to run in t ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-14
... ncing the process of China’s peaceful reunification, and accomplishing this great cause, is a prerequisite for realizing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation”. At the party congress in October, Xi a ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-14
... write the promise of a meaningful vote into law later on its journey through both houses of parliament as coming “too late”. The government was “disappointed” by the vote, a spokeswoman said in a stat ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-14
... ncing the process of China's peaceful reunification, an ...全文
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... , and the pro-establishment camp still believes it is best for Yuen to remain in office in order to handle the highly controversial co-location arrangement for the Express Rail Link. But it is said th ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-13
Legislative Council President Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen feels the tussle between pan-democratic lawmakers and the establishment camp in relation to a debate over proposed changes to the Legco's rules of ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-12
... stop the proceedings to tackle controversial government bills. The administration of Chief Executive Carrie Lam is solidly behind the move, although under the principle of separation of powers, the e ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-12
As the battle rages over the pro-establishment camp’s bid to change the Legislative Council’s rules of procedure, members of the pro-Beijing camp have gone on attack mode in the face of a backlash fro ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-12
... ESCO that prompted Washington to quit the organization in support of its ally. However, perhaps the true reason for the decision could have been that President Trump was trying to demonstrate his reso ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-12
... aditional pro-business, pro-trade agenda, and, like Bernie Sanders on the left, appealed to Americans who have been harmed by disruptive technologies and “globalist” policies promoting free trade and ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-12
Spare a thought for Abraham Shek Lai-him, who is on the verge of losing two-thirds of his directorships. At 72, the pro-establishment legislator who sits on the boards of 15 listed companies as indepe ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-11
What began as a grassroots online campaign featuring a schoolboy has grown into a mass hashtag protest against Russia’s exclusion from the Winter Olympics – backed by what appear to be fake Twitter ac ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-11
