As the anti-extradition protests – ostensibly directed at the Hong Kong administration but very much aimed also at the Chinese government -- extend into their third month, repercussions are being felt ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-05
China and Russia conducted their first-ever joint air patrol last week by sending bombers along the South Korean coast, intruding into its air defense identification zone as well as that of Japan, wit ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
The Hong Kong administration is facing a deepening governance crisis as mass protests continue over the extradition issue and violence escalates. While the bill allowing extradition to mainland China ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-25
The Hong Kong administration is facing a deepening gove ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2019年07月25日
China's leader Xi Jinping appears to be in an unassailable position, with his name and his "thought" having been enshrined in the Communist Party constitution in October 2017 and the state constitutio ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-15
Talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe in Osaka before the G20 summit illustrate the much improved relationship between the two countries, with both sides talking a ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-11
Talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2019年07月11日
In a virtual replay of events that took place seven months ago, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of a G20 summit on Saturday and agreed to resume negotiations on the trade dispute betw ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-02
As the orange and white bus closed its doors at Terminal 2 of Narita International Airport, the passengers settled down for a 100-minute drive to their various hotels while, outside, three employees o ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-27
As the orange and white bus closed its doors at Termina ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2019年06月27日
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s announcement on Saturday suspending controversial extradition legislation after a secret meeting with a top Chinese official wasn’t enough to pacify an ang ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-17
Thirty years ago this month, the world witnessed a horrifying sight as armed Chinese troops were ordered to crush peaceful Chinese protesters asking for reforms, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing as well ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-10
Hong Kong has been getting an inordinate amount of global attention these days, as is perhaps appropriate for a place that likes to call itself “Asia’s world city”. But it isn’t the kind of publicity ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-03
US-China trade talks have been suspended for more than two weeks with no sign of a revival. Listening to Donald Trump talk about his good friend Xi Jinping, one may be forgiven for thinking that the t ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-31
US-China trade talks have been suspended for more than ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2019年05月30日
Since last summer, Hong Kong has worried that it might be caught in the crossfire of the US-China trade war. That worry has receded. But another issue, much more fraught, has emerged and rekindled the ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-20
Every year for the last decade or so media reports would appear focusing on the plans of China's millionaires to leave the country. It was unclear how candid such high-net-worth individuals were in re ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-16
Every year for the last decade or so media reports woul ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2019年05月16日
A hundred years ago this month, on May 4, 1919, demonstrations erupted in China as students, primarily from Peking University, poured into Tiananmen Square to protest events half a world away, where w ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-07
China did a rare thing at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing last week: it admitted that it had made mistakes and pledged to do better in future. Agreed, there was no open admission of wrongdoing by P ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-29
