The Hong Kong government is failing to win the trust and support of the public for Beijing’s electoral reform proposal for the election of the chief executive in 2017. Officials are trying their best ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
Shandong authorities have refuted media reports which suggested that the province will suspend university basketball and volleyball leagues in order to focus on soccer development, Ming Pao Daily repo ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
United States Ambassador Caroline Kennedy is under heavy security after the American embassy in Tokyo received death threats against her. Several were made by an English-speaking man by phone last mon ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
Hong Kong's Apple Daily is known for its fiercely pro-democracy stance, tabloid-style reporting and controversial story angles. In a move to enhance its news coverage and mass appeal, the newspaper la ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy from China is being eroded, a UK parliamentary panel said in a new report, warning that the city could face a governance crisis if tensions over how it is ruled are ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
European companies are likely to step up share buybacks amid an expected flood of cash from the central bank's 1 trillion euro stimulus program. But they will be under greater political pressure to us ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
For years, China has sought to encircle South Asia with a "string of pearls": a network of ports connecting its eastern coast to the Middle East that would boost its strategic clout and maritime acces ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
It is early Sunday morning in the Botanic Gardens, one of Singapore's famous attractions. A woman in her 50s is taking her morning walk. "I am from Jilin. My daughter came here 10 years ago for studie ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-04
Mark Zuckerberg braved hostile territory Tuesday when he sought to win backing for his plan to enable billions of users who have no internet access. The Facebook Inc. founder had come to make peace wi ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
Last weekend, Beijing ended its one-month rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council. This was an opportunity for China to present an image of itself as a responsible world power, and ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
In the past year, more than 4,000 men, women, and children have lost their lives attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Africa to Europe. Their tragic deaths have done nothing to slow the huma ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
Singapore is a city often compared to Hong Kong, largely because of their similar economic success despite being small and having limited natural resources. While Hong Kong has made a smooth transitio ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
US President Barack Obama has issued his third veto to reject legislation that would allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, escalating a battle over the project with Republicans in Congress. ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
Hong Kong's biggest pro-Beijing political party wants to open a debate on military service in China's army. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) will table a prop ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
The Chinese New Year holidays once again brought into focus the issue of street vendors and temporary night markets in Hong Kong and whether authorities are justified in clamping down on the popular, ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
Happy Lunar New Year! Happy Year of the ... Is it sheep or goat? Up to now the debate is raging over which zodiac creature should represent the lunar new year which starts on Feb. 19. As Chinese com ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-18
Wealthy Chinese have been pumping up property prices in many cities around the world by utilizing various investment immigration schemes. This has led to growing complaints among locals about unafford ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-18
For the third time, Caroline Wilson, the British consul general to Hong Kong and Macau, gave her annual spring speech in Cantonese. No one expected her to mention last year's occupation of major stree ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
A Hong Kong University (HKU) students' vote that has mandated their union to leave the Federation of Students has sparked questions about the likely fallout of the split in the local youth community. ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
Hong Kong, which hosts the Asia bureaus of many of the world's biggest media players, is proud of its highly competitive news industry. Its media practitioners have long been known to be quite zealou ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
