Pope Francis met former Cuban President Fidel Castro on Sunday shortly after dissidents said they were detained to prevent them from attending a papal mass. The pope spoke with a giant portrait of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-21
... he bright side of the future. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Sept. 16. Translation by Darlie Yiu [Chinese version中文版] – Contact us at [email protected] DY/JP/CG ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-19
... lovenia’s side of the border and said they would be sent back. Slovenia later stopped all train traffic on the main line from Croatia through the border point, and police stepped up checks in the are ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-18
... stronger side of its allowed trading band, the HKMA had to inject over HK$47.1 billion so far this month into the banking system to defend the local currency's peg to the US dollar. The trend in inte ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-17
... ly a dark side to it, nor do I want to promote any Anglophilia here. What I want to point out is that as we are undergoing a process of “mental decolonization”, we must also make sure our Beijing lead ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-16
... rassroots side of his hometown. It remains to be seen whether the Portland project is just another publicity stunt pulled by Airbnb, but his bottom-up approach to neighborhood enhancement immediately ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-15
... riots subsided, more than 50 people had been killed, including five police officers and some members of the media. The events mark a dark and sad chapter in Hong Kong's history, evoking painful memo ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-15
... And yet, aside from South Korea, whose president, Park Geun-hye, attended the parade, China has little to show for its efforts. In fact, the latest Pew Research Center survey of 15,313 people in 10 As ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-15
... the other side of the coin is a better joint management of our external borders and more solidarity in coping with the refugee crisis." At an emergency meeting on Monday, interior ministers from the E ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-14
... edicine inside, next to the other departments. But not in Hong Kong where doctors trained in western medicine consider the practice unscientific and unproven. As a result, the two disciplines are stri ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-14
... he supply side has actively reduced supply, which has pushed prices up modestly. Economic restructuring is a painful process. The three provinces in northeast China and Shanxi province have been hurt ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-12
... d neither side stirred up any trouble after the game. There are multiple reasons as to why the game became such a sensation and grabbed local headlines, but it almost certainly had something to do wit ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-10
... from each side would be allowed to meet from Oct. 20 to 26 at the Mount Kumgang resort just north of the border, South Korea said Tuesday following overnight talks. North Korea’s state media confirmed ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-09
... lory”. President Xi Jinping sonorously claimed in his address atop the Tiananmen Square rostrum: “Seventy years ago today, the Chinese people, having fought tenaciously for 14 years, won the great vic ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-08
... im to the side of the street where he died. Some netizens accused Kaifeng residents of being cold-blooded for ignoring someone in distress Kaifeng is one of China’s six ancient capitals and is often d ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
... ave fewer side effects compared to the usual modern treatments. Acupuncture is one of the therapies catching on with pet owners. "The theory is basically the same; only that animals have different bon ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
... the human side of this problem," Miliband told ABC's This Week With George Stephanopoulos. In an interview with Reuters on Saturday, State Department spokesman John Kirby offered no indication the US ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
Name a national pastime in which the Chinese and Hong Kong people always cheer for the opposing side and are usually critical of their own team except when they're playing against each other. The answ ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-05
... mainland side in their FIFA World Cup qualifier was more memorable than the sight of goose-stepping soldiers and tanks rolling down Chang'an Avenue in Beijing. We know that part of the story -- Xi J ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
If there is a bright side to the turmoil that has roiled the global economy since 2008, it is that not every part of the world has erupted simultaneously. The first blow was the subprime mortgage cris ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
