... f in Port Island, Crescent Island, Tung Wan at Double Island as well as Tsim Chau. The size of the affected areas averaged 100 square meters each. The survey also found that the number of marine speci ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-08
An army general has warned that China is not ruling out the use of force to resolve the Taiwan problem after the island's Beijing-friendly ruling party suffered a bruising election defeat last month. ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-08
... ls in the island last weekend, reflects the depth of people's misgivings about China. Now, will Beijing learn the lessons and take some corrective measures? And, will authorities show some statesmansh ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-04
... st of the island nation, the local weather bureau said, packing winds of up to 195 km/h with gusts of up to 230 km/h. It was expected to strengthen to a category 5 storm before slamming into Eastern S ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-04
... ify as an island under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea into an artificial island big enough to accommodate an airfield and a harbor, the largest Chinese naval facility in the Sprat ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
Saturday’s elections in Taiwan were the worst electoral result for the Kuomintang since it arrived on the island in 1949. They were also a heavy defeat for Beijing and its strategy for reunification. ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
... views the island as a breakaway province. Ma's resignation from the party post does not affect his position as president. He is serving his second, and final, four-year term, which ends in 2016. But t ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) was routed in five out of six mayoral races in last weekend's elections, a clear sign that many of the island's residents have lost faith in the Ma Ying-jeou administration. ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-02
... cross the island, 620,000 people were voting for the first time. As they did in the occupation of the Legislative Yuan in March, the young people were protesting not only against the ruling Kuomintang ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-01
... on of the island's political status, the Financial Times reported Monday. On Saturday, the Kuomintang, Taiwan’s nationalist party, suffered a resounding defeat at the hands of young voters worried abo ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-01
... Hong Kong Island’s western skyline. Interestingly, the tower was originally meant to serve as the headquarters of the Chinese state-owned conglomerate China Merchants Group, but was sold to the Liaiso ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
First-time voters could be the deciding factor in Taiwan's upcoming local elections, with their votes seen crucial for the success of many candidates across the island and a source of worry for the ru ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
... e Senkaku islands, known to China as the Diaoyus, and visits by the Japanese leader to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine. However, the day after the Abe-Xi meeting, Japan’s foreign minister, Fumio Kis ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-25
... d the new island could host a military airfield to intimidate neighbors, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. The United States called on China to stop the project, warning increased tensions in the ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-25
... he Nansha island chain, known internationally as the Spratly Islands. The Spratlys are claimed in whole or part by China, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam and Brunei. China claims virtually ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-24
Hundreds of people launched a "weed-clearing" operation Sunday, cutting down more than 10 trees on Tung Ping Chau, Apple Daily reported Monday. The group included former residents of the island and h ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-24
HKU Station on the extended Island Line will open at the end of December, becoming the first station in Hong Kong's commuter rail network to feature "Lift-only Entrances". Passengers will need to take ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-20
... rn Lantau Island in August resulted in the destruction of protected mangroves after hoes and bulldozers were used in the operation. The protesters later said they had picked the wrong area for the pro ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-20
... views the island as a renegade province that will eventually be subsumed back into the motherland. Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has repeatedly expressed his desire for Taiwan to join the TPP negotiat ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-19
... Hong Kong island and not accessible by MTR – means you have to have your own car and that would cost you an extra HK$8,000 to HK$10,000 a month for parking in Central. So for most of us who can't affo ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-19
