It's now more than ten days since Lancôme announced the cancellation of a promotional event featuring Cantopop artist and pro-democracy supporter Denise Ho, sparking a controversy. The French cosmetic ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-16
I think it is only fair to warn readers of a sensitive disposition that some of what follows may be taken as words of praise or even support for Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chung-yin. This is a ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-10
As usual, the Civic Human Rights Front will organize a march on July 1, the anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule. What's strange is that a major theme of this year's protest is "showdown ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-10
Lancôme wouldn't have envisaged that its promotional gig featuring Cantopop singer Denise Ho will blow up into such a big controversy and stir fresh animosity between Hongkongers and their mainland co ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-08
Over the 27 years since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, attendance at the annual candlelight vigil in Victoria Park has waxed and waned. The way the event is held and the recognition the organizer ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-07
Despite the fact that this year's June 4 candlelight vigil was boycotted, for the first time in 27 years, by various groups of students, about 125,000 people still turned up for the event on Saturday ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-07
After having taken the liberty of diverting the remaining HK$100 million (US$12.9 million) in government donations originally intended for the 2008 Sichuan earthquake victims into funding the Wolong n ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-06
Advocates of the country's exit from the European Union have found support from the country's curry restaurant owners. That's because these businessmen find it hard to hire curry chefs from Bangladesh ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-03
Hong Kong people are seeing a lot of Leung Chun-ying these days. The Chief Executive is making use of every opportunity to be in the public eye, granting interviews to television programs and radio ta ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-01
Should Hong Kong people continue to commemorate the June 4 Tiananmen Square massacre? The annual event at Victoria Park, in which hundreds of thousands of people hold a candlelight vigil to remember t ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-31
Questions about if and when China will surpass the United States in science and technology always invite frenzied debate and the views are poles apart. Recently, I came across two interesting commenta ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-30
A democracy march for China drew just half the number of participants in the previous two years, signaling waning fervor for keeping the flame alive in the mainland. About 1,500 people took part in Su ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-30
The rise of localism among the younger generation has led to a debate about whether Hongkongers should maintain their annual candlelight vigil to commemorate the June 4, 1989, massacre of protesters i ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-26
Five members of Demosistō, the pro-democracy political party that was launched in April, are facing prosecution after they were arrested Thursday for attempting to block the motorcade of visiting Chin ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
Hong Kong last week saw some incidents that largely went under the public radar. Although on the surface they might appear unrelated to one another, the events serve as a mirror to the changed times a ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-17
Hong Kong's Basic Law, the city's mini constitution, will remain valid even after 2047 as there is no expiry date for the legislation as of now, a law expert said on Tuesday. Albert Chen Hung-yee, a p ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-11
France is gripped with widespread protests after the government forced through controversial labor reforms. Police fired rubber bullets on demonstrators outside the national assembly in Paris and clas ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-11
The Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, also known as the Hong Kong Anglican Church, has cut off its ties with Chung Chi College, which it co-founded but has stopped supporting financially over the past two dec ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
It is said that “constitutionalism” is No. 1 among seven taboo subjects in mainland China. Luckily in Hong Kong, we can still teach any subject we want in our schools. I have recently taught a course ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
