Back in 2003, the opposition camp swept to a landslide victory in the District Council elections, thanks to a surge in pro-democracy sentiment among voters in the wake of the government's controversia ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-19
Dozens of protesters staged a dramatic escape from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hung Hom after police sealed off the campus by shimmying down ropes from a bridge and fleeing on waiting moto ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-19
China’s top legislature said Hong Kong courts have no power to rule on the constitutionality of legislation under the city’s Basic Law, which includes a proposed ban on face masks, state news agency X ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-19
... 求民主的運動人士」（pro-democracy activists）一詞有所保留，稱示威者的行動不能推進民主。 ...全文
... sought by pro-democracy lawmakers and a former legislator. The emergency law was unconstitutional as the restrictions it imposes on people’s fundamental rights are more than what is necessary, the cou ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-18
Some say they are the lost generation. Others believe they are braver and smarter than their fellows at Tiananmen 30 years ago. But the students who have been leading the pro-democracy movement in Hon ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-18
... to act to prop up slowing growth, Reuters reports. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) said on its website that it was lowering the seven-day reverse repurchase rate to 2.50 percent from 2.55 percent. T ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-18
... p all the protests, road blockades and vandalism flaring up in almost every district. People of all political stripes are united in blaming the government for its poor handling of the unrest. Pro-esta ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-15
... e CSANO’s problem, he explained, was that there was no public polling data on hand to answer this question but he ventured that it might have something to do with housing or the wealth gap or whatever ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-15
A High Court judge rejected an application for an interim injunction to prohibit police from entering the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) without a warrant and using crowd control measures on t ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-14
The chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Tuesday that he wants the Senate to pass legislation to support pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, Reuters reports. Republican Sen ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-13
... overnment protests, with authorities now pressing criminal charges against nearly 500 of them. Worse still, the average daily number of apprehended protesters was up from about 15 between June 9 and S ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-13
... of street protests and confrontations with police. The elections are to be held in all 18 District Councils, returning 452 members from all directly elected constituencies, out of a total of 479 seats ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-13
... g the key products that contributed to a 26 percent surge in transactions value during the annual event were smartphones, as almost all leading brands introduced attractive offers. Apple emerged as a ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-13
Hong Kong saw more clashes on Wednesday as anti-government protesters paralyzed parts of the city for a third day, with some transport links, schools and many businesses closing after an escalation of ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-13
