Democracy everywhere is facing serious challenges. The United States is gripped by the most bizarre presidential primary campaign in living memory, with populist outsiders threatening to topple establ ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
"Mediation" is a word calculated to warm the hearts of the judiciary. It is defined as "intervention in a dispute in order to resolve it". In the expanding world of "alternative dispute resolution", m ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, contradicting his defense minister, scolded the deputy military chief for suggesting that Israeli society was showing signs of Nazi-like behaviour, Reuters r ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
Hundreds of MTR passengers were evacuated after explosions filled several compartments of a Central-bound train with sparks and smoke. No one was seriously injured but most of the 600 passengers were ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-04
One of the most prominent questions concerning the global economy today is whether monetary policy is approaching the limit of its effectiveness. Inflation remains well below target in the eurozone an ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-03
Pro-Beijing parties in Hong Kong have often faced criticism for offering freebies ahead of elections in a bid to secure the loyalty of voters, particularly the elders and the low-income groups. Oppo ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-29
After ducking criticism from Beijing and the Hong Kong government, the Hong Kong National Party (HKNP) came back swinging to give its pro-independence agenda a new push. On Monday, it launched an onli ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-26
Japan has been suffering sluggish economic growth for over 25 years. The island nation enjoyed scorching expansion for several decades until the 1990s, when bubbles burst in the real estate and stock ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-26
It is well known that concerns have been growing in Hong Kong over the perceived threat to the city's autonomy and freedoms as Beijing steps up efforts to tighten its grip on the territory. While pro- ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-25
In mid-April, the Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong sponsored a lunch talk on the rule of law in China. What set this talk apart was the speaker: Wang Zhenmin, head of the law department of the ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-25
While the world’s medium to long-term economic outlook is uncertain, the short term looks reasonably stable. China’s economy remains a key concern but there are few takers for a hard-landing scenario. ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-22
It's strange to see the traditional democratic camp keeping silent in the recent heated debate over the call by some radical young political groups for independence for Hong Kong. Some supporters of ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-22
Jasper Tsang Yok-sing, founding chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), has seemingly been giving away "clues" on whether Leung Chun-ying should be considered for a ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-18
China is reacting fiercely to a proposal by US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump to jack up tariffs on Chinese goods. Finance Minister Lou Jiwei called Trump an "irrational type" after ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-18
It appears that nothing can hold back the young activists who are making a determined push into Hong Kong's political scene via new parties ahead of the September Legislative Council election. Young y ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-15
The Hong Kong Observatory has come under fire for deciding not to hoist a red rainstorm warning on Wednesday morning despite heavy rain. The HKO did raise an amber rainstorm warning at 6:30 a.m., half ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-14
As more political parties are being established to take part in the raging debate on the future of Hong Kong after 2047, the government is getting more worried over discussions about independence. Bei ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-13
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the US central bank's interest rate decisions will depend on how the economy performs. But Fed officials and their staff are already dismissing the most recent ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-13
Hong Kong takes pride in calling itself Asia's world city, but the truth is that since the 1997 handover, it has been shedding its traditional western core values and turning into an indistinguishable ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-11
In February, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on the National Diet to amend Article 9 of the country’s constitution, which renounces war as a means of settling disputes. Drafted by the United ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-07
