No visitor to the Middle East can avoid noticing the yawning gap between the educational, entrepreneurial and occupational aspirations of the region’s young people and the harsh reality that deprives ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
... on of Far East Holdings International Ltd. (00036.HK) by action movie star Jet Li Lianjie and his wife. [Chinese version中文版] - Contact us at [email protected] VW/JP/FL ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
... den rocks east of the Pearl River estuary, “a barren island with hardly a house on it”. But that was not the case of Shanghai. Long before the British laid their eyes on the city, Shanghai had already ...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
... he Middle East would be less tumultuous today if Libya's Muammar Gaddafi and Iraq's Saddam Hussein were still in charge. They argued that the US faces a greater threat from Islamic State and other ext ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-21
... c view of East Hong Kong Island. It is so much better than doing the tracks on the sports ground. I can assure you it's alright to accelerate for the rest of the trail from Siu Man Shan all the way ba ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-19
Earlier this year, the Hong Kong government raised in the chief executive's policy address the feasibility of developing a "smart city" in Kowloon East. In October, IDC Asia Pacific announced the mos ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-19
... he Middle East and the threat posed by Islamic State’s military expansion, casting doubts on whether wealthy monarchies like the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar can stay unharmed amid IS’s onslau ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
... azine and East Magazine and the widely watched sale of the South China Morning Post to Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma. “Just like the record industry a few years ago, the print media will undergo conso ...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
... te called East Turkestan. China only admitted last month the mine attack had happened, when it said its security forces had killed 28 of the "terrorists" involved. Since then it has released further d ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-15
... along the east African coast. While Chinese-made weapons have become the best-seller in the Sub-Saharan region, they are also well-received by North African countries, particularly Egypt. Since the ea ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-14
... ng by the East Rail Line over the weekend. Suspecting that someone may have dropped the item accidentally, the woman took a picture of the ring and posted it on her Facebook page Sunday to alert the o ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-14
Schools are closed and fishing and ferry services have been suspended in the central Philippines where a category three typhoon is lashing the eastern seaboard, dumping heavy rains that have caused fl ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-14
... he Middle East or oil-producing nations have been withdrawing money from asset managers because of the falling oil price. For example, Saudi Arabia is now managing 10 percent of its portfolio on its o ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-12
... at Upper East project in Hung Hom. Had the property owner invested the HK$105 million in a popular residential development in Taikoo Shing, instead of in The Beverly Hills, in 2011, he might have rea ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-11
... m's Upper East project in Hung Hom, Bloomberg News reported. Elsewhere, Cheung Kong Property and Henderson Land are offering inducements including stamp-tax rebates, first and second mortgages to keep ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-11
... the rich east to the poor central and western regions. Deepening industrialization in the inland provinces also generates an inherent growth momentum by tapping unused and cheaper resources. The indu ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-10
... ssian Far East together, and climbed a glacier route on Mt. Rainier, and through it all he never stopped lecturing me on deep ecology. I was in awe of him.” In addition to outdoor apparel-and-gear ret ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-10
... r in Southeast Asia appears to be a laudably livable place – just compare its far more spacious living conditions with Hong Kong’s ubiquitous pigeonholes. But livability is far more than a big home. T ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-09
