... urable impact on global health. Experience shows that health and development programs pay enormous economic dividends. For every dollar invested in childhood immunizations, for example, developing cou ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
... able Care Act (ACA or Obamacare). Given the high-profile effort the president devoted to the issue, the Republican majority’s failure to produce a viable draft was deeply embarrassing. The key questio ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-03
... s, as our actions and behaviors have a profound impact on them. Over the past two weeks I met four lovely boys who inherited their excellent characters from their parents, no doubt. The first boy, jus ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-31
... police's Tactical Unit, following news of an extraordinary act of kindness toward an elderly citizen. People are discussing an incident that took place last Friday, when Man was on duty in Tsuen Wan ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-30
... tangible actions. I certainly welcome her pledge to repair relations in our politically torn society and uphold our values. That said, I would like to take this opportunity to offer her some advice o ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-30
... democracy activists. So far, nine people have been arrested by the police, including law professor Benny Tai, sociology professor Chan Kin-man and Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, the trio who first proposed th ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-29
US President Donald Trump’s failure to repeal Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act is widely considered as negative for the market. While Trump has decided to shift his focus to his tax measure in an ap ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-28
... cons and act cautiously in order to create the right social conditions for legislation <iframe width="300" height="200" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0a7A2pZycig" frameborder="0" allowfullscr ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-26
... id of any act like that," Choe told the news agency. "Even prohibition of the international transactions system, the global financial system, this kind of thing is part of their system that will not f ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-22
Activist Ken Tsang said on Monday that he has decided to drop his appeal against a five-week jail term for assault on police officers and resisting arrest, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. “I h ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-21
... efs often act on their own rather than as a team, not to mention the fact that Leung often makes his cabinet members edgy by constantly looking over their shoulders. As a result, our bureau chiefs oft ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-20
... tory. In fact, her odds of winning are diminishing. Notice that throughout the recent annual meetings of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, none ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-15
... dastardly act because she was so envious of the victim’s looks. Police arrested the supposed accomplice, surnamed Chen, and held her in custody. Her alleged involvement in the murder case sparked a fr ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-08
... common practice in the developing world. According to UNICEF, there are more than 700 million women alive today who were married before they turned 18. One in three women aged 20-24 were married or i ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-08
... rs should act in accordance with "the law and (ensure) compliance". Diplomatic relationship between China and South Korea has turned sour due to Seoul's plans for the THAAD system. Seoul says the defe ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-07
... 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
