... emlin has proved successful at compromising democratic processes and polluting public discourse. Making matters worse, the rise of far-right populists in key countries is undermining the security appa ...More
EJ Insight2018-09-04
The police have found new information that would further support the case for a ban on the pro-independence group Hong Kong National Party (HKNP), according to the Security Bureau. In a statement late ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-30
... ment's disproportionately high-profile crackdown on the HKNP, Chan has caught the attention of the Western media and became an "international figure" overnight. That is not to say that all foreign med ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-29
Although Serbia is now ruled by a pro-Western government, and is applying for European Union, or perhaps even NATO, membership, there is still a kind of centuries-old "persecution complex" prevailing ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-28
... s bailout program, with Italy, in particular, representing a major source of risk. Even China is vulnerable to slowing growth and high levels of debt. Whatever the immediate trigger, the consequences ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-28
As the pro-establishment camp and Beijing’s liaison office have failed to convince former Secretary for Food and Health Dr. Ko Wing-man to run in the upcoming Legislative Council by-election, it appea ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-27
Key members of the pro-establishment Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) will travel to Beijing either at the end of this month or in early September, as per a tentative plan. According to so ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-24
... thwestern province of Xinjiang in what it asserts is a bid to prevent the kind of mayhem that has wracked countries like Syria and Libya. The Chinese Communist Party’s Global Times charged in its Chin ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-24
... n only to protect himself from attacks by pro-establishment supporters. On December 12, Lau was stopped by police in an area near the Legco complex in Admiralty where some people had pitched tents for ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-23
... celerator programs, and they are widely accessible in developed markets in Asia. Therefore, I don't actually think funding is much of a problem anymore if you have a sensible business model and plan. ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-23
... that his pro-growth economic policies are working. Yet a closer look shows that matters are more complicated; in fact, Trump could precipitate a great decline in the dollar. For starters, it is not a ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-23
US President Donald Trump said he does not expect much progress from trade talks with China this week in Washington. Trump told Reuters in an interview on Monday that he had “no time frame” for ending ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-21
... eople and produces 500,000 cars a year,” said Neil Sinclair, a businessman in the city. “It exports 80 percent of them to Europe and buys a large proportion of parts from there, on a ‘just-in-time’ ba ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-20
... gislation process, Lam, who returned from Beijing on Thursday after a three-day visit, said no timetable has been set to tackle the issue, although she stressed that the HKSAR government and herself h ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-17
Gregory So Kam-leung, the former commerce Secretary, was invited recently by the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), the city's largest pro-Beijing political party, ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-17
... order to protect its freedoms, the Hong Kong government issued a statement in which it slammed the FCC for giving a platform to a separatist group leader. Lashing out at the club's decision to go ahe ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-15
Simon Peh Yun-lu, Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), announced that acting head of operations Ricky Yau Shu-chun has been officially promoted to the post and appoint ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-14
