Barely had the opposition camp finished celebrating its better-than-expected showing in Sunday's district council bypolls, it was hit with some bad news from the legislature authorities. On Monday, th ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-28
Chief Executive Carrie Lam signed an agreement on Saturday on the controversial joint checkpoint system for the upcoming high-speed rail link to Guangzhou. The deal, signed with Guangdong governor Ma ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-21
If I want to start each day in a good humor I really should not read China Daily. Five minutes into it and my teeth are grinding. So, you ask, reasonably, “Why do you do it?” Quite simply because if y ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-20
China's national anthem law will take effect in Hong Kong soon after the city's Legislative Council completes the legislation process for a local application of the mainland statute. Hongkongers will ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-07
A gunman massacred at least 26 worshipers and wounded 20 others at a church in southeast Texas on Sunday, carrying out the latest in a series of mass shootings that have plagued the United States, Reu ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-06
Opposition lawmakers on Thursday stalled a Legislative Council debate on a motion tabled by the government in relation to the so-called co-location arrangements for the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Ex ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-03
US President Donald Trump has decided not to certify that Iran is in compliance with the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the agreement constraining Iran’s nuclear weapons prog ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-01
As some wet markets in Hong Kong prepare to accept Alipay for their daily transactions, there has been a heated debate in online forums as to which is a better choice for the merchants -- Alipay or th ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-31
A surprise move by pan-democrats forced deliberations on the co-location arrangements for the Express Rail Link to be suspended at the last minute on Wednesday. On Tuesday last week, Chief Executive C ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-26
China’s State Post Bureau has released memorial stamps for the 19th Party Congress. The stamps feature Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hangzhou. That has stoked debate on whether Hangzhou will overtak ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-26
Macroeconomic data from the world’s advanced economies can be mystifying when viewed in isolation. But when analyzed collectively, the data reveal a troubling truth: without changes to how wealth is g ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-26
The government is going to move a non-binding resolution in the Legislative Council on Wednesday urging lawmakers to support the “co-location arrangements” for customs and immigration facilities at th ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-24
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc scored a big win in Sunday’s election, bolstering his chance of becoming the nation’s longest-serving premier and re-energizing his push to revise the ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-23
How do you turn a toothless tiger into a pussycat? This is the question gleefully being answered by the Lam administration and its ever-obedient friends in the pro-government camp. They know that they ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-20
The Legislative Council saw its first adjournment since the chamber’s return from summer recess on Thursday, with democrats being criticized for using the “roll call” strategy to achieve their purpose ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-20
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has come under criticism from opposition lawmakers after she prioritized discussions on a controversial express rail link over a homebuyer stamp duty-related ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-18
It seems that the opposition is adopting a friendly approach to the administration of Chief Executive Carrie Lam in order to rebuild trust. However, the democrats should be wary of the fact that the g ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-18
As a student in the mid-'80s, I had been conditioned to think that the United States normally won all sports competitions, and everyone else largely followed. The 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles epi ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-17
The strength of the US labor market calls for continued gradual increases in interest rates despite subdued inflation, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Sunday. In a speech in Washington, the ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-16
