Following their catastrophic defeat in the district council election, pro-establishment camp members have begun to worry about their political and personal futures. While some of the losing candidates ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-02
After a peaceful two-week hiatus during which Hong Kong held District Council elections that saw pro-democracy candidates win a stunning victory by capturing 87 percent of the seats and 17 of the 18 c ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-02
Police used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse protesters over the weekend, breaking a relative calm that has lingered in the city shortly before and after the Nov. 24 District Council elections. T ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-02
... demic and professional sectors, as well as university students, have always shown lukewarm interest in those livelihood topics. However, this year’s DC race was very different, with political issues t ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-29
In Sunday's District Council elections, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), the leading pro-Beijing party in the city, suffered an “avalanche-like” defeat, with ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-29
... 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
