... hether to actively take part in the CE election, mainly out of concern that their participation in the small-circle election might be interpreted by the public as an act of endorsing the unjust politi ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-07
Tens of thousands of policemen staged a rally in Mong Kok last Wednesday to protest the jailing of seven officers for assault on a democracy activist. Apart from stirring up and unleashing emotions, t ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-03
... it would act on the vote by lawmakers on Thursday setting a May deadline to impose visas – a move that could hurt Europe's tourism sector, Reuters reports. Washington refuses to grant visa-free acces ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-03
... ty should act – including possibly suspending the isolated North's seat at the UN. "What I need to say is that the situation at present on the Korean peninsula is complex and sensitive," Chinese Forei ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-02
... g any contact with the SAR authorities. “Should the chief executive need assistance from the Liaison Office, he would have to report the issue to the central authorities first … Beijing would then giv ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-01
... argely intact and functioning, even though it has continued to come under attack from Beijing since the handover. Both Tsang and Lew were given a fair trial, during which due process was fully observe ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-01
US Republican Senator Marco Rubio, his partymate Tom Cotton and Democratic Senator Ben Cardin have jointly reintroduced the “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act” to Congress, a move that might pr ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-01
... ction for acting against their will. I don't buy that notion. If the pan-democrats truly believe they must always act according to public opinion, then why didn't they root for Leung Chun-ying in the ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-28
... . Trump's act immediately sparked a fierce backlash, even from among news agencies that were not banned. The Associated Press and Time magazine rallied behind the seven news organizations and proteste ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-28
... ompliance Act – FATCA. It required foreign banks to share details about US clients. A few years later the OECD developed the Common Reporting Standard for the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-27
... such, any act to portray the seven cops involved in the assault case as martyrs or any effort to raise money as a compensation for them and their families would amount to an endorsement of their crimi ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-27
... ibing his act as being akin to "looting a burning house". The story was first broken by Guangdong Radio and Television Station, which said the incident happened on Thursday last week. According to the ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-21
After he had convicted seven police officers of assault on pro-democracy activist Ken Tsang last week, district court judge David Dufton immediately came under fire from pro-Beijing loyalists and beca ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-20
... gine the tactics will alter the public's perceptions of the two main candidates and lead to a spurt in support for Lam. Cheung's comments will, in fact, only serve to escalate the deep-rooted conflict ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-16
... alculated act of removing a threat to his rule.” This came as Malaysian police detained a female suspect in the killing. The woman was holding Vietnam travel papers, Reuters reports. Police also said ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-16
... Exclusion Act prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the US, but Dewey felt he had to recognize their service. Dewey had acquired two merchant coal supply ships, the Nanshan and Zafiro, in Hong Kon ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-13
... olitical factions, encouraged in part by a pro-march ad campaign by Televisa, the country's dominant broadcaster. In the Mexican capital, two separate marches were set to converge on the iconic Angel ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-13
... nments to act on the problem. Since the start of the year Vancouver has unveiled a set of measures to discourage foreign property buyers. The local government has imposed a 1 percent tax on homes tha ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-10
... nch legal action himself against Chu, the lawyers warned. In the letter addressed to Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen, the legal representatives said their client, a young man who has had a clean rec ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-10
Police in Jiyuan city in Henan province are used to all sorts of surprises but a busload of characters from a famous Chinese opera was way over the top. Still, the unexpected discovery did not prevent ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-09
