Police said they will be taking counterterrorism security measures to ensure the safety of Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, during his three-day visit to H ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
Japan, a favorite traveling destination for Hongkongers, has suffered two major earthquakes recently. The natural disaster that hit Kumamoto Prefecture killed at least 48 people and injured about 3,00 ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-22
Lee Po, the Causeway Bay Books co-owner who China says is "assisting in an investigation" in the mainland, has returned to Hong Kong again after a one-day trip to the city last week. Headline Daily re ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-30
A new website designed to promote knowledge of Chinese history and culture among Hong Kong students will steer clear of two crucial episodes in China's modern history. It will avoid mentioning the civ ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-24
Hong Kong and Macau delegates to China's top political advisory body have been told they should focus on two major tasks in the coming year. The first is to deepen the cooperation between the mainlan ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-04
Three of the five missing Hong Kong booksellers could return to Hong Kong from mainland China on bail in the near future, mainland news website The Paper and Phoenix Television reported late Sunday ni ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
Guangdong authorities have belatedly confirmed widespread suspicions that they have detained three missing booksellers from Hong Kong, Apple Daily reported Friday. Hong Kong police said in a statement ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-05
Three people, including two customs officers, denied charges that they conspired in a sham marriage to help a mainland woman enter and stay in Hong Kong. Lee Hon-wah, 53, head of the Intellectual Prop ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-27
Xtep International Holdings (01368.HK) expects its sales growth to remain robust this year due to improving demand for sportswear products in mainland China. The company sees high-single-digit growth ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-11
Hong Kong, or at least its chief executive, has literally been put in its place. A striking departure from past practice in the seating of Leung Chun-ying during meetings in Beijing with President Xi ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
Half of Hong Kong's schoolchildren attend tutorial classes outside their school schedule, Sky Post reported Monday, citing results from a recent survey. The survey was conducted by The Boys' & Gir ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-14
China’s largest travel firm said it hit a home run in Hong Kong’s district council elections, as all its six employees who were candidates got elected, Apple Daily reported Wednesday. In a press relea ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-25
You can’t ignore Li Ka-shing’s influence in China, just as you can’t escape his business empire’s almost ubiquitous presence here in Hong Kong. Many landmarks on the mainland showcase the tycoon’s bus ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-24
Commissioner of Police Stephen Lo Wai-chung said there is no political agenda involved in the revamp of the official website of the Hong Kong Police following criticisms that it was being sanitized. L ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-16
The Octopus cards Hongkongers use on the MTR come in many designs, but none has raised as much of a stir as a similar transit card in Taiwan. Taipei metro cards featuring pictures of a Japanese porn s ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-02
A lunch gathering of five Democratic Party members and the deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office on Wednesday was not a closed-door meeting, party chairwoman Emily Lau Wai-hing sai ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
Hong Kong police Commissioner Stephen Lo Wai-chung's meeting Tuesday with Meng Jianzhu, China’s security chief, was a “danger” sign, Ming Pao Daily reported Wednesday, quoting a veteran political comm ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-20
Hong Kong liberal studies were not a compulsory topic in the recent diploma of secondary education (DSE) examination for the first time since the test began in 2012. The test included an optional ques ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
Chen Zuoer, former deputy director of the State Council's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, said on Thursday that Hong Kong's education secretary should be under the supervision of Beijing at all ti ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-09
The central government should stop raising national security concerns as an excuse to restrict freedoms in Hong Kong as such a strategy will only stoke anti-Beijing sentiments, according to political ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-03
