Chinese censors are in a bind over WeChat, the Twitter-like instant message platform popular among netizens because of its potential to spread rumors. They fear that unimpeded gossip on WeChat is hard ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-30
A point of no return has been reached in the European continent when Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced a referendum on the creditors’ final bailout offer. Let us not be distracted by this ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-29
Hong Kong politics seems to specialize in making things worse, especially when it comes to matters of personal integrity. This generalization has now been validated by Jasper Tsang Yok-sing, the pres ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-27
Zhang Xiaoming, director of the central government's Liaison Office in Hong Kong, has thanked pro-establishment lawmakers for their efforts to promote Beijing’s universal suffrage proposal. At the sam ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-26
Apple Inc. has removed several US Civil War games featuring Confederate flags from its App Store, Reuters reported, citing some game developers. The flags and other symbols of the Confederacy have bee ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-26
An initiative to remove the US Confederate flag from the South Carolina State House grounds picked up steam a week after the massacre of nine black church members in Charleston, Reuters reported. Crit ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
US President Barack Obama's call for "fast-track" negotiating authority on trade to help him clinch a Pacific Rim deal has cleared a key hurdle in the US Senate, Reuters reported. The Senate is likely ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
Hungary unilaterally suspended a European Union asylum program, saying it was overburdened by illegal migrants, Reuters reported. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government demonstrated Budape ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
The US and the European Union face a major challenge to achieve a free trade deal before President Barack Obama's term of office ends in January 2017, according to a EU official. David O'Sullivan, the ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-23
With the world preparing to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26, China's state-run TV broadcaster has roped in several celebrities for an anti-drug abuse c ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-22
If I am determined to ignore the great public debate over constitutional reform, there is probably only one other issue at the moment that has a similar power to depress: MERS and the new great pandem ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-22
A global group of government anti-money-laundering agencies said financial institutions have not done enough to police suspicious financial activity by FIFA officials, Reuters reported. The Paris-base ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-22
Far too little has been said about the man at the center of the extraordinary cock-up made by pro-government legislators Thursday when they attempted to delay voting on the electoral reform bill to en ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-20
July 1 will mark the 18th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule. Over the years, locals have been assured many times that one of the main principles of the Basic Law of Hong Kong is the "O ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-19
Democratic Party chairwoman Emily Lau Wai-hing said it was unusual for most of the pro-establishment legislators to walk out during the vote on the electoral reform package Thursday. She queried the s ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-18
Emotions ran high as Hong Kong legislators opened debate on a controversial electoral reform package on Wednesday. Supporters and opponents made last-ditch efforts after extensive campaigns to influen ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-18
While impassioned speeches boomed in the halls of Hong Kong's Legislative Council on Wednesday, one pro-Beijing lawmaker decided he'd had enough of the marathon debate on political reform and decided ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-18
Opposing groups are continuing to pour into a public square outside the Legislative Council building with a vote on a controversial election reform bill expected anytime soon. The measure goes into a ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-18
Legislators continue deliberations on an election reform bill and a vote could come as early as Thursday afternoon or Friday at the latest, according to reports. The Legislative Council opened debate ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-18
It's not too early to think about 2047. With a controversial election reform bill facing defeat in the Legislative Council, Hong Kong should move on to other matters, the inevitable end of "one countr ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
