... the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to discuss with Chinese leaders the Daya Bay nuclear project the same morning when the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed in 1984, Apple Daily reporte ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-31
Britain considered rearming itself at a cost of up to £200 million (US$311.2 million) after learning the Soviet Union was developing a new poison gas capable of overwhelming NATO forces. Then Prime Mi ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-31
Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher promised to "make the strongest possible representations to the Chinese government” for any breach of an international agreement on the Hong Kong handov ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-30
... rejected Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' nominee for president on Monday, automatically triggering an election which is to be held on Jan. 25. The latest developments revived questions about Greece's ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-30
... nation,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said. About 1.7 trillion yen will be spent on public works in areas damaged by natural disasters and to improve disaster preparedness, with 600 billion yen for revi ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-29
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won reelection to parliament on Wednesday, moving him into position to form a new cabinet that includes a hawkish defense chief. Abe vowed to press ahead with his co ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-24
... high that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was elected in May, would upgrade the country's basic health infrastructure and make medical services more affordable for the poor. The United Nations estim ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-24
... stralia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned that there had been heightened "terror chatter" since a lone gunman took 17 people hostage inside a cafe in central Sydney last week. "We don't know when an ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-24
... Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of parliament, mailing obscene and indecent material, committing an indignity to a body, and publishing obscene materials. He was impassive in ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-24
... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s controversial visit to the Yasukuni Shrine in December last year evoked strong protests from China and South Korea, which suffered greatly from Japan's aggression ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-22
... asons why Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the parliament in November was to ensure enough support for the gambling bill. The industry is expected to generate US$40 billion in annual revenues. Sato ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-22
... hreatened Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic reform agenda. Mohan Bhagwat of the right-wing Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, which is the ideological wing of Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-22
... ort said. Prime Minister Tony Abbott called the events in Cairns "heartbreaking" and acknowledged the "trying days" for Australia. As services and memorials continued for the victims of the Sydney sie ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-22
Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov blamed the nation's current woes, amid the collapse of the ruble, on economic mismanagement and urged President Vladimir Putin to give up his post by hol ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
... he said. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif used similarly strong words. "We will take revenge for each and every drop of our children's blood that was spilt today," he was quoted as saying. Pakistani teena ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-17
... involved. Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who has warned of militant plans to strike Australian targets, said there were indications the hostage situation at the cafe was politically motivated. "This is a ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-15
When India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, was on the campaign trail, he promised to improve the way the country is governed. Since taking office in May, he has strived to deliver. Recently, he decla ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-15
... he raids, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a meeting of his ruling AK Party in southeast Turkey those who "infiltrate state institutions" should expect to give account for their actions. "Those who ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-15
Shinzo Abe's coalition achieved a convincing victory in Japan's elections on Sunday. The result means the prime minister will retain his reflationary economic policies and a muscular security stance, ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-15
... em loans. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has agreed to sell down stakes in 27 state-backed banks by 2019. The government's holding will be cut to 52 percent in each case from between 56 per ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-11
