UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “deeply concerned” that North Korea has indicated it could resume nuclear and missile tests, Reuters reports, citing a UN spokesman. “The Secretary-General ver ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
蓋洛普民意調查公司(Gallup Poll)周一發表報告,顯示特朗普及美國前總統奧巴馬雙雙成為2019年最受美 ...全文
It has been a turbulent year for financial markets in the emerging world. Not only did investors have to contend with a sharp slowdown in China's economy in the first half of the year that spilled ove ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-31
美國總統特朗普的女兒伊萬卡(Ivanka Trump)表示,如果特朗普在2020年連任,她可能不會重返白宮任職 ...全文
In late November, the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act was passed overwhelmingly by the US Congress. Republican Senator Ted Cruz, a leading figure of a Washington-based conservative foreign po ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-30
The Olympic organizing committee expects over half a million tourists from mainland China to come for the Tokyo Olympics in July next year. This will lead to a problem: How can Japan, a country that f ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-30
Financial markets were cheered recently by the news that the United States and China have reached a “phase one” deal to prevent further escalation of their bilateral trade war. But there is actually v ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-24
Last Saturday, two opposing mass rallies took place simultaneously in the city of Kaohsiung in Taiwan. One was a gathering in support of Han Kuo-yu, the city mayor who is contesting Taiwan's 2020 pres ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-24
US President Donald Trump on Saturday criticized House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi for holding off on sending the articles of impeachment against him to the Senate. “It’s so unfair,” Trump ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-23
The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade deal that includes tougher labor and automotive content rules but leaves US$1.2 trillion in annual US-Mexico-Canada t ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-20
When US President Donald Trump officially signed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law late last month, the mainland officialdom lashed out at Washington almost immediately. Before Tru ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-19
Donald Trump on Wednesday became the third US president to be impeached as the House of Representatives formally charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in a historic step that wil ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-19
Modern history has its share of courageous leaders. Gandhi springs to mind. So does Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. But Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor a courageous leader? The very thought of it in ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-19
Modern history has its share of courageous leaders. Gan ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2019年12月19日
A lot has been said about the unreliability – if not outright doctoring – of China's economic statistics, particularly its GDP growth figures, which even Premier Li Keqiang has questioned. But it appe ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-18
The Trump administration is finalizing a set of narrow rules to limit exports of sophisticated technology to adversaries like China, Reuters reports. The Commerce Department is putting the finishing t ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-18
With US President Donald Trump signing the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law on Nov. 28, the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong has been elevated to the next level. Following Washingt ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-17
China and Russia proposed that the UN Security Council lift a ban on North Korea exporting statues, seafood and textiles, Reuters said, citing a draft resolution. The draft also called for a ban to be ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-17
The so-called Phase One trade deal between Washington and Beijing has been “absolutely completed,” a top White House adviser said, adding that US exports to China will double under the agreement. “The ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-17
President Donald Trump, with his fondness for superlatives, hailed the first-phase US-China trade agreement as "historic," "an amazing deal" and one in which China would make "massive purchases" from ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-16