... and some western countries. Even though China has quietly become the pre-eminent economic power in the region over the past two decades with trade with the region surging, and even though western int ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-28
... to other western countries, an underwriter of substantial future pension liabilities. Thus, if one pictures pension reform as a triangle with three main actors, the government, employers, and workers ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-28
... hat other Western nations already do in asking technology firms to help fight terror. "This rule accords with the actual work need of fighting terrorism and is basically the same as what other major c ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-28
... xist with western values. Or we can recognize that the young people of the Middle East and the rest of the Muslim world share the aspirations of young people in every other part of the world. All the ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
... oncern in western countries, as it could require technology firms to install "back doors" in products or to hand over sensitive information such as encryption keys to the government. The law is being ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
... ral & Western Concern Group, said the restaurant's proposals were unreasonable, as they simply deprive the right of the public to access the observation deck. Members of the public are welcome to ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-23
... oncern in western countries, as it could require technology firms to install "backdoors" in products or to hand over sensitive information such as encryption keys to the government, Reuters reported. ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-23
... in other Western countries, including the US, and that it constitutes an assault on personal freedom. Submitting its response to a British parliamentary committee that is scrutinizing the new bill, A ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-23
... troubled western region of Xinjiang and several officials, according to his lawyers. State news agency Xinhua said the court decided "to impose a lenient punishment" due to "the fact that the defenda ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
... n Mumbai. Western leaders have recognized the Saudi role for many years. In a 2009 diplomatic cable, then-US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton identified Saudi Arabia as “the most significant source ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
... of major Western powers, not just British, flocked there during the ensuing decades and those who stayed for long periods - some for generations - called themselves "Shanghailanders". Before long it ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-21
The United States, the European Union and Western-led institutions such as the World Bank repeatedly ask why the Middle East can’t govern itself. The question is asked honestly but without much self-a ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-21
As I mentioned in an earlier column, some western international relations experts at a recent academic seminar suggested that Dubai has the potential to replace Hong Kong as the next global financial ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
Japan is fortifying its far-flung island chain in the East China Sea under an evolving strategy that aims to turn the tables on China's navy and keep it from ever dominating the Western Pacific Ocean. ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
... worse by Western sanctions, they are likely to pay more attention to the gulf between the rich and the poor, and especially to the wealthy individuals around Putin. Some people have described the chi ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
... ellows of Western Asset Management. "The March meeting is probably too early, but perhaps in June or September, when it will be more clear that growth and inflation are coming in under the Fed’s expec ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-17
... ng one in western China. The turning point came in July when China’s stock markets lost US$5 trillion after gloomy economic news hammered investor confidence. That raised concerns among VCs that they ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-17
... ly, these Western giants attributed their losses to China's growth slowdown and the pullback by shoppers, which presumably accounted for their shrinking profit margins. However, the rapid explosion of ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-16
... those in Western Europe and Japan. My friends and I went skiing in Switzerland months ago. The six of us shared a 2,000 square foot Swiss style hut for only HK$2,000 (US$258) per night. The service q ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-16
... uences of western and eastern cultures, and an international gateway to China. In a press conference on Tuesday, Lam, who is also an entertainment and property tycoon, made these remarks about the tou ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-16
