A couple of weeks ago, IHS Jane’s, a leading British publishing company specializing in military topics, reported that China was reclaiming land at Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea and was tran ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
... i mayoral seat. The loss of Taipei, traditionally a KMT stronghold, was the bitterest blow. The KMT candidate, Sean Lian, was son of Lian Chan, a former vice-president and a very wealthy man. The resu ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
... uth China Sea. Beijing's naval superiority has rattled the region. "We should be worried the way we have run down our submarine fleet," said Arun Prakash, former chief of the Indian navy. "But with Ch ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
... he Bering Sea while catching pollock, a popular fish in South Korea. Sajo Industries Co. Ltd., the Seoul-based operator of the ship, said that of 60 people on board, one Russian inspector, three Indon ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-02
... uth China Sea has resulted in a series of counter-alliances around Asia. Xi took a slightly more conciliatory tone in a foreign policy speech carried in official media on Saturday night but still vowe ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-01
... ding to researchers, that is the tipping point at which the world will be locked into a near-term future of drought, food and water shortages, melting ice sheets, shrinking glaciers, rising sea levels ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-01
... terranean Sea. “We cannot allow the Mediterranean Sea to become a vast cemetery.” he said. The EU has struggled to cope with a rising tide of illegal immigration, with member states bickering about wh ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
... mpressive sea views. The plot was bought in 2007 for over HK$167 million and the mansion was built in 2011. Over the years, the office has snapped up several properties in Happy Valley and Wan Chai in ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
... ead offer seafood items such as Canadian wild sea cucumber that have less impact on the environment. -- Contact us at [email protected] KZ/AC/CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-25
... for the ASEAN meetings, at which he called for a friendship treaty between China and the Southeast Asian grouping. President Xi traveled to Brisbane for the G20 meeting as well as a state visit to Au ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-25
China is defying calls to halt a land reclamation project in disputed waters in the South China Sea, saying it is for search, rescue and public services. A London-based security group said the new isl ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-25
Nine Chinese fishermen have been convicted by a Philippine court of poaching and smuggling endangered giant sea turtles out of the country. They were fined nearly US$103,000 each but were spared jail, ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-24
... om rising sea levels, the Bank said. The world’s poor will be hit hardest by the changes, which may trigger major migration shifts as people flee arid regions, the report warned. -- Contact us at engl ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-24
... uth China Sea is outrageous yet it goes unchallenged. China is encroaching on the internal affairs of Hong Kong and attempting to curtail democracy in violation of the latter’s constitution. It is tim ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-19
... n the new season, but my advice would be: shed the preconceived notions, as the winter this year could be a lot different from the previous one. The Hong Kong Observatory has indicated that we will ha ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-19
... le in the sea trade, the report said. Tsang said the city will apply for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites relating to the Maritime Silk Road, adding that he hopes the discoveries will make ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-17
... wledge (research and development), and infrastructure (transport, power, water, and climate resilience). The neo-Keynesian approach is to try to boost domestic investment of any sort. Indeed, accordin ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-14
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has warned that territorial disputes over the South China Sea should be directly resolved between claimants alone, government broadcaster RTHK reported Thursday. Li said Chi ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-13
The government is open to the idea of opening more sea transport services to Lantau islands, Sing Tao Daily reported, citing sources close to the Transport Department. In particular, it is willing to ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-13
... strict, a sea resort near Beijing. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG/RA ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-13