With only weeks to go before Carrie Lam is sworn in as the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, attention naturally is focused on how she is going to govern and the role the Chinese government will play. The ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-08
What a difference a year makes. Last year, at the 29th ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2017年05月04日
What a difference a year makes. Last year, at the 29th ASEAN summit in Laos, a Chairman’s Statement, without mentioning China, “took note of concerns expressed by some leaders on the land reclamations ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-02
In a few weeks, Tsai Ing-wen will mark her first annive ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2017年04月27日
In a few weeks, Tsai Ing-wen will mark her first anniversary as president of Taiwan. However, her celebration is likely to be subdued since she is facing intractable problems with the world’s two most ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-24
Pyongyang's failed missile test on Sunday provides an opportunity for the United States to press for more stringent sanctions and for China to demonstrate its willingness to curb Pyongyang's nuclear a ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-18
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s two-day summit meeting with Donald Trump, overshadowed by the US attack on Syria, gave each president the chance to take the measure of the other and, apparently, each like ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-10
The meeting between Donald Trump and his Chinese counte ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2017年04月06日
The meeting between Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, was announced barely a week before it was to be held, suggesting difficult problems ahead. Almost simultaneously, Trump tweete ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-03
As expected, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor triumphed in Sunday’s election, winning 777 votes from the 1,194-member Election Committee to become Hong Kong’s next chief executive. She will be the first wom ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
In October 1939, when World War II was just beginning, Winston Churchill, in a radio broadcast, described Russia as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma". Today, the same can be said of N ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-24
In October 1939, when World War II was just beginning, ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2017年03月22日
Beijing is worried that the front-runner in the Hong Kong chief executive election, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, may face difficulties in governing if she ends up with more votes but remains significan ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-16
At his inauguration on Jan. 20, US President Donald Tru ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2017年03月09日
At his inauguration on Jan. 20, US President Donald Trump delivered an inward-looking speech in which he promised to “make America great again”, without any reference to its friends and allies oversea ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-06
The close of nominations this week moves the Hong Kong chief executive election campaign into its final and most crucial phase. Hong Kong is fortunate to have effective individuals competing for the t ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-27
The telephone conversation between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Feb. 9 moved the two countries back from the edge of a precipice. Trump had announced that he might rej ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-20
These are dark days for Hong Kong. Its freedom index ha ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2017年02月15日
These are dark days for Hong Kong. Its freedom index has been further downgraded by Washington-based Freedom House to 61 points out of 100, continuing the downward spiral of recent years – a result of ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-13
In the confusing environment generated by US President Donald Trump, in which he has criticized his allies more than America's opponents, the trip by Defense Secretary James M. Mattis to Seoul and Tok ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-06
