... f the few South Asians in Hong Kong with a privileged upbringing. As Pradyumn tells it, growing up he did not feel any connection to the wider immigrant community of 500,000 souls, consisting primaril ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-23
... . Taiwan, South Korea and Malaysia have reported gains. By contrast, China’s A shares and stocks in Hong Kong of blue-chip state-owned enterprises remain under pressure. The recent recovery of the Hon ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-23
Heavy rains and thunderstorms in southern China have led to massive flight delays and cancellations at Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai airports since Sunday. More than 700 flights were cancelled becaus ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-22
... of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and countries in Europe, where service jobs far surpass those in manufacturing. This means new jobs in retail, hotels, tourism, insurance, finance, culture and entertainm ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-22
... ding to a South Korean defense ministry spokesman. Pyongyang's move came just a couple of hours before Sung Kim, US special representative on North Korea, told reporters that he has agreed with South ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-22
... g and the South China Sea have raised questions about China’s commitment to the rule of law. The [British] foreign secretary raised both these issues with counterparts during his visit to China in Jan ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-21
... with that South Korean lawmaker who recently set a world record by speaking non-stop for more than 10 hours at the National Assembly in a bid to block an anti-terror bill. Hongkongers may feel some em ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-21
The Philippines has given US forces access to five of its military bases, including those near the disputed South China Sea, as the allies pursue plans to station American troops in the Southeast Asia ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-21
... ife. Most South Asian immigrants struggle to overcome the language barrier but having acquired a second tongue, they still face cultural challenges that impede their integration into society. In addit ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-19
... them from South Korea by air. Frankly speaking, I feel more reassured if they are prepared in Korea. And I am pretty sure more people would try raw blood cockles if the Koreans also have such a dish. ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-19
A Philippine money exchange company that converted into pesos a portion of the US$81 million stolen from the central bank of Bangladesh apologized to the ambassador of the South Asian nation and offer ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-18
Police have arrested three people in their 20s suspected of cheating local fans of South Korean boy band Big Bang out of HK$300,000 (US$38,680). The trio are accused of lying to their victims that the ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-18
... Japan and South Korea, which are drawing more Chinese tourists. Shares in Swatch, the world's biggest watchmaker, for example, fell 21 percent last year and are down a further 2 percent this year, whi ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-18
North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Friday that flew about 800 kilometers (500 miles) off its east coast into the sea, South Korea's military said, days after fresh US sanctions were imposed on t ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-18
... province south of Shanghai, was deputy secretary of the party's Ningbo branch in addition to being mayor. He turns 54 this month. The anti-graft watchdog gave no further details about Lu's suspected ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-17
Successfully beating South Korean Weiqi, or Go, grandmaster Lee Sedol, Google's artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo has proved itself a grand milestone in AI development. AI has been on fast ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-16
... na in the South China Sea. China reacted angrily and has pledged not to participate. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Wednesday passed a resolution calling on Abe's government to firmly ask China ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-16
... cy to the South China Sea, they have deep business ties and are in talks on a bilateral investment treaty. Slow progress on the treaty, however, and tensions over cyber hacking and new laws in China t ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-16
... othold in South America, traditionally the United States' backyard. Relations between Argentina and China tightened under former leftist leader Cristina Fernandez. While Macri promised during last yea ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-16
