Hong Kong's former chief secretary Anson Chan has criticized senior officials of the Leung Chun-ying administration for showing up at street-side booths set up by the Alliance for Peace and Democracy ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-12
... gainst outside competitors like Russia or US shale producers. Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi was on a high profile visit to China and other Asian countries in April when he announced near record Saud ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-11
Hong Kong people consume a stunning 800 million dim sum dishes a year -- enough to circumnavigate the world three times if their bamboo containers are lined up side by side. A survey conducted by webs ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-07
... ar Yung’s side when he was arrested, contrary to what the police had suggested. After reviewing the footage, authorities eventually decided to drop the charges. Yung expressed relief at the decision, ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-07
Months of negotiations between our government and the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the European Central Bank have produced little progress. One reason is that all sides are focu ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-07
The political reform package being considered by the Legislative Council was devised in Beijing and is being strongly promoted by its agents in Hong Kong. The comments by President Xi Jinping in Beiji ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-07
... on which side you're on) through its high-profile campaign against the Occupy Central movement last year, will launch a new signature drive to put more pressure on the pan-democrats. It will set up h ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-06
... as on the side of good and Ackman the side of evil. Betting on a stock to collapse -- potentially displacing employees, customers and shareholders in the process -- seems unfair, possibly even immoral ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-05
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called for peaceful development of cross-strait relations and offered "equal consultations" to settle political differences, Ming Pao Daily reported. During a me ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-05
... e Chinese side is gravely concerned about the statement of the 26th ASEAN Summit on the South China Sea issue,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei. The South China Sea, he reiterated, “is not an ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-05
... and each side is free to have its own interpretation of what "one China" means. Taiwan will perform a bigger role if it can join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the mainlan ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-04
... g the downside risk of growth, could support the market boom for a while longer. Margin trading volume is not a reliable leading indicator for stock market crashes. For example, although an explosion ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-04
... e western side of the Pearl River,” he said. The city is also looking to Hong Kong people to fill the seats at the new opera house, which is costing 1.72 billion yuan and consists of two shells 60 and ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-04
... he Indian side of the border, authorities have set up relief camps, both at border crossings and in larger cities like Gorakhpur, where hundreds of Indians gathered before traveling on to family or fr ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-30
... . Neither side could claim that they have the support of the majority of the people, and a big portion of the electorate remains undecided. According to the latest survey conducted by the University o ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-29
... rely take side with Beijing or at least stay politically correct in their remarks as they know that such a strategy will be critical to safeguard their core personal interests. Efforts targeting these ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-29
... ategy. President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang are facing huge challenges. The anti-graft crackdown and deepening reform have had various side-effects including a slowdown in the economy. In addit ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-28
... from one side to the other in recent decades. In the 1980s, economic performance in Chile under General Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship and in Singapore under the more benign but nonetheless authorit ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-27
... ul countryside, and a lot of magnificent mountain trails free from pollution.” That's the bright side of Hong Kong he is so familiar with. However, when our reporter hands him some pictures showing th ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-23
... hilippine side increase its education and control of its fishermen, and cease all behavior that violates China's sovereignty and rights and interests." The comments came after the Philippines said Chi ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-23
