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
... dispersal actions and arrests are being conducted, the police said. In a regular press briefing on Monday, Senior Superintendent Kong Wing-cheung of the Police Public Relations Branch reiterated that ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-17
... forcement actions in the area,” according to a Facebook post from the police after midnight. "After repeated warnings, police had to use the minimum force necessary, including deployment of tear gas i ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-16
... ndreds of activists gathered outside the New Delhi police headquarters on Sunday night to protest against alleged police brutality and the detention of students. The most violent protests during the p ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-16
Although it has come as no surprise that US President Donald Trump eventually signed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law, there are still concerns in the local business community abo ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-12
... Asahi may act as a competitive constraint on Australia's top beer brewers, and has “the potential to be an even bigger threat in future”. The competition regulator said it will make a final decision i ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-12
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swede who inspired millions of young people to take action against climate change, has been named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019. Thunberg launched a grass ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-12
... ng a Love Actually segment in their campaign do much to stifle the seemingly turning tides? The following are my thoughts and observations about past elections and the upcoming one (2015, 2017, and 20 ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-11
... iven the fact that the launch site is closely related to Pyongyang’s Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program, some experts believe North Korea may have achieved major breakthroughs in ballis ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-11
Evidently stung by the passage of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act by the United States, the Hong Kong government has made a multi-barreled response: denied that human rights have been ero ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-09
... Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) from at least 2000 to 2016 by engaging in a scheme to pay bribes and to falsify books and records and by failing to implement reasonable internal accounting controls, the ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-09
... Democracy Act into law. And after about a week of relative tranquility, our city once again saw the eruption of violent protests. Meanwhile, over the last couple of days, state leaders in Beijing bega ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-05
... gly unattractive; but the only alternative – the Liberal Democrats – has struggled to fill the void. Only regional parties – the Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru in Wales, and the Democratic Union ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-05
... ica takes actions to hurt China’s interests we won’t take any action?” Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying was quoted as saying when asked whether the Uighur bill would affect the Sino-U ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-05
... he Uighur Act of 2019 is a stronger version of a bill that angered Beijing when it passed the Senate in September. It calls on US President Donald Trump to impose sanctions for the first time on a mem ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-04
... get their act together and carve out a niche for themselves in the local financial landscape. A challenger bank, or a virtual bank, is defined as a bank that primarily delivers retail banking services ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-04
France and the European Union said they are ready to retaliate if US President Donald Trump acted on a threat to impose duties of up to 100 percent on imports of champagne, handbags and other French p ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-04
