... ntral and western Asian countries, such as Afghanistan, Iran and Turkmenistan. The scheme will provide funding to registered non-profit making organizations and statutory bodies to organize such excha ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-19
A handful of residents in the Western District have camped out at the Cadogan Street Temporary Garden in Kennedy Town to oppose the government’s decision to demolish the recreational facility, Apple D ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-18
... tates and Western Europe. He was rewarded with an aid package that averaged more than US$2 billion per year. But, with Egypt’s population growing at an annual rate of 2.2 percent, even this was not en ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-18
After the fall of the Eastern Bloc in the early 90s, the Czech Republic became increasingly pro-western and pro-democracy, and turned critical of China’s human rights record. The former Czech presiden ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-14
... after the Western Harbor Crossing, Hong Kong's third cross-harbor tunnel, was completed. Another Facebook post said the ferry company will also provide car ferry services on May 1, 2 and 8. (1998) -- ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-14
... 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
