... cess that Western officials say is likely to take at least two months. Sunday was "adoption day" for the agreement clinched in Vienna by Iran, the US, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China and en ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
... economy. Western nations have overcome some risks after the financial crisis, while emerging markets are still struggling with more volatile currencies. China is also facing unprecedented challenges, ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
... le off to Western for orders. And they can also take comfort from the fact that when it comes to the battle of fundamental ideas, they are allied with the majority of Hongkongers, who have not given u ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
... h country western-style signage, sizzling food stalls handing out free shots of rum with impressive queues for burgers and fries, and tents billowing in wind that’s coming off Victoria Harbour over th ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
... areas of western Syria that are crucial to Assad's survival and held by rebel groups other than Islamic State. Syrian state television, quoting a military source, said the army had begun a military o ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-16
Russia may be bracing for its longest recession in decades following the oil price slide and Western sanctions, but there is at least one business segment that is booming in the country -- budget fixe ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-15
... ly as the Western Wall -- on Wednesday along with his wife Regina. Following the visit, Israel's Consulate General in Hong Kong released a picture that showed Leung standing with his head bowed in fro ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-15
... ere is no western country that is so welcoming. When British finance minister George Osborne went to China last month, he made the astonishing decision to visit Xinjiang, where the government is facin ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-15
... ive maker Western Digital (WDC.US) at the end of last month for US$3.8 billion. But while Unigroup seems to have access to more cash than Lenovo, a bid for EMC would still be quite pricey, costing thr ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-14
One of the most difficult challenges facing Western governments today is to enable and channel the transformative – and, for individuals and companies, self-empowering – forces of technological innova ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-14
... perts and Western governments believe rebels shot down the aircraft, possibly mistaking it for a Ukrainian military plane. Moscow has offered alternative theories, including that it might have been sh ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-13
... liken to western "quantitative easing", the People’s Bank of China will allow more commercial lenders to use loans as collateral to borrow cheap funds from the PBoC. The banks are then supposed to us ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-13
A four-year-old boy was killed when he was trapped in an escalator in western China’s Chongqing city, adding to a string of related tragedies in recent months. The boy was playing near the top of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-09
... round and western states have accused it of targeting US-backed rebels to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. -- Contact us at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-09
... ists, but Western officials say most strikes appear aimed at other opponents of Assad to bolster his position. -- Contact us at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-08
... ppen at a western institution, those who fabricated all the unfair accusations against an upright, respected scholar would have already been asked to resign and those who exposed the scandal would be ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-06
... ssian and Western forces since the Cold War. Russian war planes as well as those of the US and its allies are now flying combat missions over the same country for the first time since World War Two, w ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-06
More than a hundred musicians with Chinese and western instruments conducted a concerted protest at MTR Tai Wai Station on Saturday evening. While some passengers may have been entertained, the musici ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-05
... the southwestern city of Liuzhou on Wednesday, and others in recent years around the country, demonstrate lax enforcement of rules to control access to bomb-making material, Reuters said. Private gun ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-02
... vernment. Western officials have questioned whether Russian objectives in Syria are more to strengthen Assad and build up Moscow's presence as a power in the region than fighting the militants. Putin ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-30
