... as rising sea-levels and desertification. Referring to previous UN conferences that have dragged on days beyond the official close, Fabius said relying on "a last-night miracle" could risk failure, an ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-30
... 00 with a sea level rise of 4.6 meters. Other climate risks to health, water and food security may also occur. The Guangdong Civil Affairs Bureau announced in 2013 that the economic cost of dealing wi ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-30
... ontains a sea of financial market information, which helps in predicting the market much better than any other leading indices. They found that the high-yield bond spread offers the best indicator of ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-28
Completion of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, whose construction began in December 2009, has officially been put back a year from the targeted schedule of end-2016. The Highways Department has conf ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-27
... aking overseas trips and promoting the One Belt, One Road strategy has become their top priority in these state visits. In his recent visit to Malaysia, Premier Li Keqiang reaffirmed China’s interest ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-25
... by rising sea levels. The fact that over 170 countries have put forward targets and strategies to curb their greenhouse gas emissions post-2020 shows "unprecedented progress" that will "significantly ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-25
... Nations (ASEAN) countries is whether his successor, whoever she or he may be, will maintain this interest in the region -- and, if not, whether they should seek to make accommodations with China. This ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-24
... into the sea to save a person's life. Around 5 a.m. on Sunday, a 66-year-old man, who was doing calisthenics at the Kwun Tong Promenade, heard a male voice shouting for help from the sea, Apple Daily ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-23
China said it will continue to build military and civilian facilities on its artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea and that the United States was testing it by sending warships through th ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-23
... melt the sea-ice and the Arctic Ocean gradually opens, making the notion of Northern Sea Route possible. Russia, the largest Arctic country with the longest Arctic coastline, will have evident geogra ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-21
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may consider a request from the Philippines for large coastguard ships to patrol the disputed South China Sea, after the two allies reached a deal on defense equipme ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-20
... uth China Sea even though it is one of the claimants to a strategic waterway where China has been building artificial islands. But Obama kept the dispute in focus by pointedly visiting the Philippines ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-20
... ront of a sea of red shirts chanting "We are Hong Kong". Following the draw, which is seen as a victory by local fans, the Hong Kong team will pocket a cash bonus of HK$800,000. Long queues were seen ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-18
... ter cross-sea bridge serves the berths in the heart of the East China Sea. Beijing has also replicated all the tailor-made policies for the Shanghai free trade zone and made Zhoushan, under the jurisd ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-17
China could have seized islands occupied by other countries but it has great restraint over competing claims in the South China Sea. Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin said China is the real victim aft ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-17
... ast China Sea and to demarcate the maritime boundary between their exclusive economic zones. A meeting to discuss the specifics of joint development was scheduled in 2010 but was canceled because of h ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-17
... of Arctic sea ice and of over a million square kilometers of summer snow cover in the northern hemisphere," Jarraud said. "So this naturally occurring El Niño event and human-induced climate change ma ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-17
... the East Sea (also known as the Sea of Japan) each month and deployed ship-to-ship missiles and rocket launchers along its coast, Yonhap cited the source as saying. – Contact us at [email protected] F ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-16
Two US B52 strategic bombers flew near artificial Chinese-built islands in the South China Sea this week and were contacted by Chinese ground controllers but continued their mission undeterred, the Pe ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-13
Indonesia says it may take China to an international tribunal if it is unable to resolve Beijing's South China Sea territorial claims through dialogue. Luhut Pandjaitan, who is in charge of Indonesia’ ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-12
