Gunmen who seized a Chinese tourist on the Malaysian island of Sabah last week are demanding the equivalent of HK$87 million (US$11.22 million) for his release, the Apple Daily reported Friday, citing ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-11
China's southern island province of Hainan is planning to expand its existing duty-free shops in a bid to attract more tourists, the Shanghai Securities News reported Thursday, citing Tan Li, deputy g ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-10
When Kuo Hao-yong graduated from National Taiwan University – the most famous in the island – she found a job in a marketing company. She earns NT$25,000 (US$828) a month, of which NT$10,000 goes on r ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-09
... d to Jolo island in Southern Philippines. --Contact HKEJ at [email protected] JP/RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-07
... d to Jolo island in Southern Philippines after taking them to Simunul on Tawi-Tawi island, it added. -- Contact HKEJ at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-07
Chang An-lo, former leader of the Bamboo Union triad in Taiwan and a pro-China activist, on Tuesday led hundreds of people to confront students who have occupied the island's parliament since March 18 ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-02
Taiwan's external trade has shown lost ground, with some of it irretrievable, as the island has lagged behind major competitor South Korea in signing free-trade agreements (FTA) with various nations, ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-01
... frontline island of the South said they were evacuated to shelters during the exchange, the report said. -- Contact HKEJ at [email protected] AC/CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-31
... cs on the island and mainland-Taiwan relations. Indeed, the battlefield over the trade deal has broadened. Although Ma has backed down by agreeing to re-submit the legislation to the Legislative Yuan ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-28
The Taiwan government says its service trade agreement with China will create 12,000 jobs and boost the island's GDP and industrial competitiveness. Mainland firms investing in Taiwan will be allowed ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-24
... 6 sq. km. island, instead of being clustered in a block, undercutting the very idea of integration. Hengqin appears to be acting in its own economic interests rather than striving to comply with the c ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-24
... d and the island’s biggest export market. The agreement with Beijing, it says, will encourage more countries in the region to enter similar pacts with Taiwan, thus boosting the island’s integration wi ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-21
... head the island's delegation, which also aims to persuade the U.S. to support Taiwan's inclusion in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Sources said the U.S. agreed to discuss Taiwan's involvement i ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-20
... developed island in northern British Columbia, which was acquired by Petronas in 2012 as part of its US$4.9 billion purchase of Canada's Progress Energy Resources Corp., according to the newspaper. Th ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-20
Taiwan authorities are in a dilemma over a cross-strait services trade pact which many locals fear will offer the opportunity for China to extend its economic influence in the island. Legislators from ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-20
... s Hengqin Island will include 2.5 kilometers of coastline on the southwest side of the island. It will develop land and water leisure facilities and Maldives-style water bungalows on a 2.7 square kilo ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-19
... ts on the island holds a renminbi deposit account, with 12.2 percent of them holding less than 5 percent of their total assets in the currency and 3.3 percent holding over 10 percent, according to the ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-19
On the South Korean island of Jeju, Greenland Group is investing US$984 million in a mixed-use property project, mainly aimed at wealthy Chinese investors wanting to buy a holiday home and residency r ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-19
... itories") island chain in the north, the Tokdo (or "Takeshima") island in the west, and the Diaoyu (or "Senkaku") islands in the south. By not defining the territorial dispositions clearly so as to re ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-19
... Hong Kong Island around 10:20 am on Feb. 26. He sustained six stab wounds and was taken to a hospital in critical condition. The public was stunned by the attack, which took place after Lau was remove ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-13
