... um in the West and in Europe. At a time when Europe needs to make important collective economic and foreign-policy decisions, domestic issues are preoccupying larger European Union member states such ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-28
... ainst the West. Russia has also assisted far-right nationalist organizations and populist movements across Europe, such as by extending loans to Marine Le Pen’s National Front in France and furnishing ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-28
... ngzhou in West Lake. The quality of the food delivered by a chef who is highly sought-after by world-class hotels is well assured. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Dec. 19. T ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-23
... cs in the West should recognize and acknowledge what China is doing in response to those challenges. And if, as many experts predict, we see a two-speed world for renewable energy evolving, China is c ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-23
Egypt abruptly delayed a vote on its proposed UN resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building in the West Bank amid pressure from US President-elect Donald Trump. The United States inten ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-23
... ast meets West”. A British colony until 1997, Hong Kong uses both English and Chinese as official languages. Many expats never spend the time to learn Cantonese, even those who have lived here all the ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-22
... refecture west of Tokyo adds to a list of failed attempts around the world to make the technology commercially viable and potentially cut stockpiles of dangerous nuclear waste, Reuters reports. The re ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-22
Taiwan accused China of using Sao Tome and Principe's financial woes to push its "one China" policy after the small West African state ended ties with the self-ruled island. Taiwan Foreign Minister Da ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-21
... h, one of west Berlin's most famous landmarks. Forty-five people were injured, 30 severely, Reuters said. Germany's interior minister said that despite the claim, investigators were following various ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-21
... ward Road West at about 7 p.m. Sunday. Two of the four suspects took turns beating him while their accomplices acted as lookouts, investigators said. The assault lasted less than a minute. One of the ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-20
... heart of west Berlin, Reuters reports. "We heard a loud bang," Emma Rushton, a tourist, told CNN. "We started to see the top of an articulated truck, a lorry ... just crashing through the stalls, thr ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-20
... road. The West Kowloon Cultural District is run by the autonomous, statutory WKCD Authority, of which I am a board member. The flagship WKCD facility will be the major M+ museum, which will house a wo ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
... we in the West feared the Red Army – and with good reason. Hong Kong, my favorite city, sends the opposite message. Its restaurants are run with precision, and it boasts some of the world’s best hotel ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-08
... , and the West Rail Line. The Admiralty Station will now become the station with the most transit lines. Aside from the Island Line, Tsuen Wan Line and the upcoming South Island Line, the future Sha T ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-06
... d, in the West – to maintain relations with Taiwan. China would score a diplomatic coup if the Vatican were to sever ties with the island. The Catholic Church should carefully consider what is at stak ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-06
US crude futures strengthened Monday but retreated in post-settlement trade as the market lost confidence OPEC cuts would be sufficient to reduce oversupply given increased US drilling. US West Texas ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-06
... n Kowloon West and another in New Territories East, will soon be vacant and available through by-election, which could happen no later than May next year. Yau and Sixtus Leung's disqualification would ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-24
