If this is a Tic Tac Toe game, give chief executive contender John Tsang two crosses over his main rival, Carrie Lam. As momentum builds up for the March 26 election, Tsang appears to have scored over ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-14
Opinion is free but facts are sacred. Fact-free opinion is dangerous trumpery. Even allowing for the fact that it is only a newspaper which has seen better days, can there be any excuse for the SCMP t ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-13
The three candidates vying for Hong Kong’s top post engaged in heated exchanges on education, political reform and "white terror" in their first debate before the March 26 chief executive election. Su ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-13
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying is upset as he feels people are saying unkind things about him, things which may not even be correct. Most politicians understand that the burden of criticism is someth ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-10
As the chief executive race enters the home stretch, the three contenders -- former chief secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, former financial secretary John Tsang Chun-wah, and retired judge Woo Kw ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-09
A Chinese TV drama series has fueled intense chatter in online forums as an episode has featured a scene where bad guys had names that appeared to be a take-off on prominent political figures. Netizen ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-03
The debate over whether Hong Kong should legislate for “contempt of cop” appears to have gained a new lease on life after the conviction of seven police officers of assault on pro-democracy activist K ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-22
As Lord Mayor of the City of London I represent the UK’s financial and professional services industry. As a result of the British public voting to leave the European Union last year, my role is now mo ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-17
Hong Kong's outgoing leader, Leung Chun-ying, has expressed doubts about the housing plans and targets outlined by John Tsang, one of the key contenders in the March chief executive election. The hous ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-08
Is HK$20 (US$2.58) for a crispy pineapple bun, also known as bolo bao, too expensive? That now has become a matter of opinion for Hongkongers. The bun, stuffed with cream and real pineapple, is sold b ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-06
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's monumental “southern tour” from Jan. 18 to Feb. 21, 1992. Official mouthpieces and the academic sector in the mainland would probably commemorat ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-03
The key political divide in the United States is not between parties or states; it is between generations. The millennial generation (those aged 18-35) voted heavily against Donald Trump and will form ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-03
The Scottish Parliament will vote Tuesday on UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s draft law to formally trigger Brexit. This is a signal that the Scots want their views to be considered as the premier pre ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-03
Most economies are seeking a recipe for inclusive economic growth, whereby high rates of investment, rapid innovation, and strong GDP gains are pursued alongside measures to reduce income inequality. ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-23
The White House has vowed to fight the news media "tooth and nail" over what it sees as unfair attacks on Donald Trump, who was sworn in as US president last Friday. Trump said on Saturday that he ha ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-23
It is hard to be optimistic over the election for the chief executive and believe that the winner will be able to unite a sharply divided city and make the government function as it should. On the sur ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-18
Having scored quite a remarkable success in the largely rigged election committee polls, the pan-democrats, who account for a quarter of the committee’s membership, are faced with an exquisitely diffi ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-13
Mainland officialdom has issued orders to ban all forms of public discussion and commemorative activities concerning the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution. Meanwhile, both th ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-13
US President Barack Obama exhorted fellow Democrats on Wednesday to preserve his legacy-defining healthcare law as Republicans moved ahead with their long-desired bid to scrap it. Obama, who hands ove ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-05
Twenty years ago, Hong Kong was handed over to China by Britain, its colonial master for 156 years. The decision was made by China’s diminutive but doughty leader Deng Xiaoping and the reputedly unben ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-03
