... orld. Its central message – that the world consists of nation-states in relentless competition with one another – stands in sharp contrast to the climate movement’s “one planet” emphasis on human soli ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-07
... ce of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong, his successor, Luo Huining, has had little experience in such matters. As party secretary of Shanxi province, he led a delegation in 2018 to discuss ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-07
... massed in central Tehran, many of them chanting “Death to America”. One of the Islamic Republic’s major regional goals, namely to drive US forces out of neighboring Iraq, came a step closer on Sunday ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-06
The number of pneumonia cases in Hong Kong that are suspected to be linked to a mysterious outbreak in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei province, has jumped over the weekend. The Centre for Hea ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-06
Hong Kong authorities are stepping up efforts to prevent an outbreak of mysterious pneumonia cases in central China from spreading in the city. Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee presi ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-03
... a senior central banker said. China on Wednesday announced it will cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) from Jan. 6 to spur more lending and lower financing costs. It has cut the ratio eight times ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-03
Negative rates are the destruction of money, an economic aberration based on the mistakes of many central banks and some of their economists who start from a wrong diagnosis: the idea that economic ag ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-03
... ngapore’s central bank, is set to issue up to two “digital full bank” licenses and three wholesale bank licenses. The city-state is set to announce the winners in mid-2020 and the digital banks are ex ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-03
... . China’s central bank said on Wednesday it would cut the amount of cash that all banks must hold as reserves, the eighth such cut since early 2018. The move to inject fresh stimulus into the Chinese ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-03
... drop, the central bank announced on the first day of the New Year a cut in reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for commercial banks, and it is believed that there would be other supportive measures on the ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... s and the central government. On his Twitter page, Widodo blamed delays in flood control infrastructure projects for the flooding. He said some projects have been delayed since 2017 due to land acquis ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
HSBC strongly condemned acts of vandalism by anti-government protesters who attacked its Wan Chai branch and the two lion statues at its headquarters in Central on New Year's Day. The attacks happened ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... ay Bay to Central in a large-scale New Year demonstration, painted graffiti on the outer wall of the High Court building in a suspected attempt to express unhappiness at some court decisions. A piece ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... with the Central Kowloon Route and the Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel, Trunk Road T2 will form an East-West link across the Kowloon Peninsula and connect West Kowloon to the new developments in Tseung ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... ainst the central government, as well as “preparatory acts” leading to any of the three acts. Some of the outlined offences carry a maximum penalty of 25 years in jail. The law also prohibits foreign ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... River in central Baghdad’s fortified “green zone” during the American occupation following the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, is the biggest US diplomatic mission in the world. Washington ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... er at the Central Lawn starting from 2 pm, and end at the Chater Road Pedestrian Precinct in Central, CHRF convener Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit said, in addition to the main theme of reiterating the five deman ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-31
... ks faded, central banks rode to the rescue and the view that there would be an upturn in China’s business cycle became evident. The trade war may remain a thorn in the side of investors next year. Agr ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-31
... gest that central authorities should bring forward the end of “one country, two systems” and implement direct and sweeping governance in Hong Kong, in order to restore social order to the city as quic ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-30
... , China’' central bank announced over the weekend that existing floating rate loan contracts have to be rebased on the more market-driven Loan Prime Rate (LPR) , instead of the previous benchmark bank ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-30
