The US presidential debates kicked off Monday night (Tuesday morning in Hong Kong), and it’s widely believed that Hillary Clinton won the first round. That reminds us of the situation before the Brexi ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-29
A record 84 million people tuned in to US television networks on Monday night for the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, a huge audience rarely seen on TV in the age o ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-28
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and real estate tycoon Donald Trump clash in their first US presidential debate, with the Democratic nominee accusing her Republican rival of racism, sexis ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-27
US senators denounced Wells Fargo & Co's chief executive on Tuesday over millions of bogus accounts, reviving questions over whether banks are "too big to fail". Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren t ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-21
A day after the Legco election results, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying issued a statement in which he vowed that his administration will work aggressively to enhance communication with the new legisl ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-15
US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's health has once again become an issue in the election after she was caught on camera almost passing out at the 9/11 commemoration ceremony in New York City ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-15
Amid the debate on worker wages, we believe that refusing to introduce a minimum wage or to uprate it in an oligopsonistic labor market is tantamount to requiring low-wage workers to give up a portion ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-08
A Liberty Party member who dropped out of the Legislative Council election said on Wednesday that he was forced to make the painful decision because he feared for his family's safety. Ken Chow Wing-ka ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-08
Many elderly citizens in China recently celebrated the 90th birthday of former Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin. Over the years public opinion in the mainland has remained somewhat split over what J ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-02
Do you ever get the feeling that the world is losing touch with reality? I confess to experiencing this with alarmingly increasing frequency. Ah well, you say, that is just the effect of getting older ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-01
The government said on Tuesday that it is concerned that some candidates running in the Legislative Council election have advocated or promoted independence for Hong Kong. Such activities mark a viol ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-31
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve is warning that a law banning the full-body "burkini" swimsuit is unconstitutional, ineffective and will only ratchet up tensions between communities. The Co ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-29
A Liberal Party candidate is withdrawing from the Sept. 4 Legislative Council elections, saying he fears for the safety of his family. Chow Wing-kan made the shocking announcement during a televised ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-26
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution, and a heated debate over Mao Zedong's true motives for unleashing the calamity is underway among intellectuals in the m ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-26
Two major school sponsors are lining up behind an effort to ban any discussion of Hong Kong independence in classrooms. Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and Sisters of the Precious Blood run 29 primary and ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-25
Singaporeans are absolutely thrilled as an athlete has won the first ever Olympic gold medal for the city-state. Following the historic feat of Joseph Schooling, who beat swimming legend Michael Phelp ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-19
Amid the current debate on whether Hong Kong people should think about, read about or talk about Hong Kong independence, Beijing authorities may just push the SAR government to relaunch the process of ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-18
With the Legislative Council election less than three weeks away, Beijing and its proxies in the Hong Kong government are stepping up their game and reminding the public what is at stake. Stirring the ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-16
For years elections in Hong Kong have been notorious for their monotony, and the lack of substantial campaign themes that can truly engage the public. In fact, some have referred to the Legislative Co ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-16
A suspended jail sentence for a Guangdong man for the illegal purchase of an airsoft gun and 964 rounds of ammunition has sparked a debate on a similar case in Sichuan, where an 18-year-old defendant ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-15
