... any major western hotel players that have been quite active in China over the last decade, in a bid to tap the nation's booming travel market. But while closer ties look good in theory, the reality is ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-13
... roject in western Pakistan, have turned out to be pure economic aid offered by Beijing rather than bilateral investment projects. Simply put, China is trying to buy friendship and political influence ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-12
... stered in western nations. While it's not surprising that mainland newspapers have been ordered to shut up, it's noteworthy that some of their peers in Hong Kong have also downplayed the Panama Papers ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-12
Hong Kong takes pride in calling itself Asia's world city, but the truth is that since the 1997 handover, it has been shedding its traditional western core values and turning into an indistinguishable ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-11
... d is very western, as the right to protest and object as well as individual liberty have long been the essence of the prevailing culture. How Hongkongers may respond, when someone they know is arreste ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-11
... es on the western side of the Pearl River Delta, including Heshan, Kaiping, Jiangmen, Zhongshan and Zhuhai. These are exactly the cities which HMZB is designed for. The new bridge will be 47.2 meters ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-11
... y for the western media and won’t change anything at all. On one hand, corruption allegations against world leaders, especially those of developing countries, have become a dime a dozen nowadays. They ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-08
... inable by Western standards. Consider China’s new five-year plan, which aims to lift 55 million people above the poverty line by 2020, a threshold defined as just 2,300 yuan (US$354) per year. This co ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-08
... ion, many western investors have become so terrified because China has experienced several market meltdowns since its economic slowdown in 2014. They are worried the Chinese economy might suffer from ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-07
... how most western analysts see China, the creditors would lose faith in the debtors and cut funding. The banking system would collapse, crushing the economy and the exchange rate. However, the credito ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-05
... ral & Western districts have the fewest number of divorcees: around 5,000 for each district. On the other hand, Wan Chai has the most educated population. Around 46 percent of people in the distri ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-01
... addition, Western chains face more competition from Chinese fast-food rivals. In a survey of 10,000 consumers across China, 51 percent said they consumed Western fast food in 2015, down from 67% in 20 ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-01
... ear work. Western officials say that although the launches went against 2231, they were not a violation of the core nuclear agreement between Iran, Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the Unit ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-30
... ease over Western countries lecturing China on these matters. Are they not indeed internal matters that need to be sorted out by the Chinese people themselves? Moreover is it perhaps the case that int ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-29
... is at the western end of a string of Japanese islands in the East China Sea, 150 kilometers (90 miles) south of the disputed islands known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China. China has ra ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-29
... ion, then western law enforcement agencies would have even more to worry about, since it demonstrated how capable and efficient the terrorists have become, as they were able to mount a massive counter ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-24
... dent at a western European airport was in 2007, when two people tried to drive a jeep packed with propane canisters into the terminal at Glasgow Airport in Scotland. One of the attackers died. Several ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-23
... to a more western model of managing hotels and franchising its brands for other property owners. Such a model has been quite successful for names like Marriott (MAR.US) and Hilton (HLT.US), since it a ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-22
... not like western food. He said he would continue to focus on Hong Kong, where 90 per cent of the group's business is based. Hong Kong will benefit hugely from China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-22
... ed when a Western journalist asked about political prisoners in Cuba, demanding the reporter produce a list of those in jail. "Tell me now. What political prisoners? Give me a name, or the names," Cas ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-22
