... der which western economic sanctions against Tehran would be lifted in exchange for the reduction of its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by 98 percent and the abandonment of its nuclear program. The ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-27
... higher in western countries such as Britain (16 percent) and the United States (15 percent), she said. Part of the reason for Hong Kong's high waste rate is an import ban in mainland China and shrinki ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-27
... ng mostly Western-backed rebel groups fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. France will step up support to rebel groups battling IS on the ground in Syria, Hollande said. The French leader is on ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-27
... eeting, a western diplomat said. -- Contact us at [email protected] RC/FL ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-27
... ntral and Western district. The author of the message was obviously blaming Chan for not having been able to protect the trees from being axed. The government had decided to cut down the trees because ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-26
... ed by the western media after a Time Magazine cover photo showing a young protester holding up an umbrella amid a shroud of tear gas. However, the term “umbrella” represents a kind of non-violent resi ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-25
... ntral and Western district in the Sunday polls, said he suspects that Leung Chun-yung was only trying to score points in a public relations exercise. Having been in office for three and a half years, ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-25
The terrorist attacks in Paris have made the United States and its allies realize they need to cut off the funding of Islamic State (IS) rather than focusing on military action. The western coalition ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-23
... est Asia. Western countries have been residual victims of the vicious struggles between Saudi and Iranian proxies. We need to end the divisions among those in Syria who oppose IS. That may involve giv ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-23
... tion from western sci-fi books or movies. In fact, according to Lucas himself, the series was inspired by a classic black-and-white Japanese movie, The Hidden Fortress, directed by the legendary Akira ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-21
Chinese security forces in the far western region of Xinjiang killed 28 "terrorists" from a group that carried out a deadly attack at a coal mine in September under the direction of "foreign extremist ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-20
... peers in western countries. It also found that the city’s millennials or members of the so-called Y generation, aged 16-30, spend 2.8 hours a day on their mobile phones. About 49 percent of the time ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-20
... areas of western China most of the time and quietly built up their strength. Then after the mainland fell to Mao, the Communist Party made the March of the Volunteers, a song calling for all-out effo ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-20
... nted most western businesses and financial institutions from engaging with Myanmar during military rule from 1962 to 2011 that left the country underdeveloped. But the stakes are now far higher for Be ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-19
... demned by Western nations, which downgraded diplomatic ties, but the ruling junta claimed to have support from China. Thailand has not signed a 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugee ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-19
... stern and western cultures, Hong Kong can also provide a trading platform for jetsetters from the mainland, Southeast Asia and the West to take part in “alternative investments”, such as the buying an ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-18
... to compel western governments to rethink their refugee policies. 2. The refugee issue as well as the rise of Islamic radicalism will definitely be on top of the agenda in the next French general elect ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-17
... du in the western province of Sichuan. More is to come as President Xi Jinping’s "Made in China 2025" blueprint envisions global competitiveness within a decade in 10 industries from machine tools and ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-17
... ed of the western world as a whole. US President Barack Obama’s statement after the Paris attacks demonstrates that what unites Europe and the United States is much more significant than what divides ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-17
... er of the western province of Saskatchewan, Brad Wall, asked Trudeau to suspend the plan in light of the Paris attacks and the chance of admitting operatives trained by Islamic State. "If even a small ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-17
