... olice and protesters on New Year's Day alone, following a massive march on Hong Kong Island. As a number of these protest-related cases have entered the judicial process, some members of the pro-estab ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
The government denounced acts of vandalism that targeted a top court during an anti-government protest on Wednesday, also saying that attempts to smear or attack individual judges are extremely deplor ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
Hong Kong has had a bad start for 2020 as a supposedly peaceful pro-democracy rally degenerated into scenes of violent clashes between police and protesters and a lucky draw promising millions of Hong ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... at of the protests of 2019. In the LegCo election in October, the pro-government side may lose its majority. So it is urgent to pass the law before the election. It would be better for LegCo to pass i ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
A pro-democracy march in Hong Kong on New Year’s Day spiraled into chaotic scenes as police fired several rounds of tear gas and water cannon at crowds including families before halting the event. Abo ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
Police have warned that they may terminate a large-scale New Year's Day protest march called by a group if law enforcement perceives a threat of violence or vandalism at the event. The warning came ev ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-31
... on of the pro-Beijing New People’s Party, revealed that back in early June she rang up the government to find out if it was going to make concessions on the matters relating to the revision on the Fug ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-31
... ueried is pro- or anti-establishment. Some establishment sympathizers have gone so far as to suggest that central authorities should bring forward the end of “one country, two systems” and implement d ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-30
... g and get promoted to the rank of state leaders. In 2010, after serving two consecutive terms as the Macau CE and retiring in the previous year, Edmund Ho Hau-wah was elevated to the vice-chairmanship ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-27
... emocratic Progressive Party (DPP), in the polls. Over the years, the affairs of Hong Kong had remained basically irrelevant in the presidential elections in Taiwan. However, the 2020 election is compl ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-24
Last year, the Hong Kong government put forward a bill seeking to ban the sale of alternative smoking products, including electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), heat-not-burn tobacco products and herba ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-20
... local and provincial government officials to publicly pledge allegiance and express their “heartfelt” gratitude to their Beijing bosses. And party propaganda mouthpieces quote such compliments heaped ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-20
President Xi Jinping said on Friday China would never allow foreign forces to interfere with its special regions of Hong Kong and Macau, as he swore in a new pro-Beijing government for the gambling hu ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-20
Four people were arrested on Thursday for alleged offences in connection with a fund that aims to help Hong Kong protesters who face legal or financial troubles amid the pro-democracy fight. Arresting ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-20
Pan-democratic lawmakers pushed three motions for the Legislative Council to investigate alleged police brutality in the handling of protesters, only to see them all rejected. The incident proposed to ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-20
