... ds supply-side reforms. It’s not easy to determine whether an industry has excessive capacity. For example, China needs to import good coal despite the excessive domestic supply of coal. Also, the aut ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-22
On Sunday, residents of the New Territories East electoral district – which includes Sha Tin, Tai Po, Sai Kung and the surrounding areas – will get to decide the political future of the entire city. ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-22
... It is considered unfair or unjust if a pension system imposes heavier financial burdens on certain generations. Following this line of reasoning, a pension system is fair only when each generation be ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-22
... g with considerable speed. The real face of the struggle to assert a policy of "one country, one system" is no longer concealed. And it is becoming quite apparent that there was never a plan to crush ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-20
Contrary to what many might expect, the Lunar New Year’s Eve dinner inside the Forbidden City in imperial China was not overly extravagant. Historical records show that ingredients for the New Year’s ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-20
... e radical side. The dire scenario that is being presented by the traditional democrats is that the rivalry within the camp could make it easier for the pro-establishment forces to win the contest, and ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
... in supply side and industrial upgrade. The economy will gain full power only when "reform" and "transformation" are both completed. Supply side reform involves sectors like iron and steel, cement, coa ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
... Chinese residents can only buy the medicine with a doctor's prescription. Last year, Customs officials at Shenzhen's Luohu port arrested a man who was trying to smuggle 21 bottles of cough syrup. In m ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
... e North's side of the border. In response, North Korea expelled all South Korean workers, seized property and assets and cut key lines of communication with the South. -- Contact us at [email protected] ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
... lected president to build a wall to keep out immigrants who enter illegally. It was not the first time US allies have voiced concern over comments by Trump. More than half a million Britons signed a p ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
... are Third Side's Nelson Wong, and independents Christine Fong, Albert Leung and Lau Chi-shing. Of course, it may not be appropriate to predict the upcoming election results based on the actual turnout ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-17
... ture's president to prevent him from passing certain motions. He said he has also evaluated some methods of "uncertain legitimacy" to filibuster or to halt voting or meetings in Legco. Leung admitted ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-16
Four months after Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the United Kingdom was hailed by both countries as heralding a new "golden era", the British government unexpectedly accused Beijing of commit ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-16
... rnment considers it inappropriate to make direct comparisons between the incident and the Mong Kok riot." Readers should note that the government used "disturbances" to describe the 1967 riots, while ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-16
... ist Third Side party, questioned fellow candidate Edward Leung Tin-kei, spokesman for radical localist party Hong Kong Indigenous, about his advocacy of violence. Leung -- who is on bail after having ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-16
... norary president of the Hong Kong Tourism Practitioners’ Union, who took part in the march, said while there is no data to suggest the Mong Kok clashes will have a negative impact on the tourism indus ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-15
... opposite side of the people's interests. It seems that government officials still do not realize that the deep-rooted conflicts between different levels of society have transformed Hong Kong into a c ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-11
... nd on the side of the egg” -- even if the eggs are armed, the union said. Condemning excessive use of force by police during the clashes, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Students' Union urged the ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-11
To predict the movements of the renminbi this year, we need to consider three key factors. First, the internationalization of the renminbi has enhanced the impact of its exchange rate on emerging-mark ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-10
In our first article we challenged the assumption that the elderly only present a burden to the economy and considered the potential to create new business services to meet the diverse needs of senior ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-09
