... rting the protesters’ five demands, she will not be making a single concession. Instead of an independent judicial inquiry into the police force, something even many pro-establishment supporters conce ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-29
Thousands of people gathered in Central on Thursday night, many waving the American flag, to express their gratitude to the United States for legislation in support of the pro-democracy protests in Ho ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-29
Following the District Council elections that saw the pro-establishment camp suffering a severe drubbing, some of their members who were lucky enough to get re-elected are now facing another headache: ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-28
... uccumb to protectionist interests. I don’t know whether the theory was right. In fact, had governments stood still on trade policy over the last three years, the world would be a lot better off than i ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-28
... cation of pro-democracy entrepreneur Jimmy Lai Chee-ying was No. 3 in credibility among local newspapers, behind the South China Morning Post (5.89) and Ming Pao Daily (5.72). On the other hand, the b ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-28
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing said he is getting used to “the unfounded verbal and text punches” thrown at him in recent years. Li has faced withering attacks from mainland China and pro-Beijing forces ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-28
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, sending a message of support for the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong even as he tries to secu ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-28
... ctory for pro-democracy campaigners形容今次結果，指林鄭過去一直搬出「沉默大 ...全文
The District Council elections on Sunday saw a landslide victory of the pan-democratic camp and a record-breaking voter turnout of 71.2 percent, with the pro-establishment camp suffering a crushing de ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-26
... arrested protesters. But he said that Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor must step down and other officials responsible for the turmoil should be overhauled must be put on the political agend ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-26
As a few dozen protesters continue to hold out and stay within the besieged Polytechnic University, the police said they will not immediately arrest any person who heeds the call to leave the campus, ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-26
... s violent protests roiled Hong Kong, top Chinese leaders in recent months have been managing their response from a villa on the outskirts of Shenzhen, bypassing the formal bureaucracy through which Be ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-26
... rate in a probe into Australian media reports about Chinese interference in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The allegations were made by a Chinese asylum seeker in Australia, Wang Liqiang, who said he was a Chi ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-26
... ep-seated problems in society," Lam said in a statement after the pro-establishment camp suffered a humiliating defeat in the local body elections. The government will "listen to the opinions of memb ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-25
Lawmaker Starry Lee Wai-king was one of the few pro-establishment candidates who survived the brutal onslaught of the pan-democrats in Sunday's district council elections. Lee, chairwoman of the Democ ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-25
Pro-democracy candidates won a landslide victory in Hong Kong's district council elections as people turned out in record numbers on Sunday to choose their local representatives and deliver a stinging ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-25
Pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho Kwan-yiu, who had faced severe criticism over his remarks and conduct in recent months as he advocated a zero-tolerance approach toward anti-government protesters, suffe ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-25
... months of protests that have roiled our city. The people voted with their feet, forming long queues at the polling stations and many having to wait for more than an hour for their turn to vote. Nearly ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-25
