Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia Bhd. is close to announcing a startup that will link the Indonesian island resort of Bali with Hong Kong, Australia and Japan, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesd ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-06
When a South Korean graduates from university, his starting salary is, on average, 2.6 times higher than that of a graduate in Taiwan. The average salary on the island is the same as it was in 1997. T ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-03
... back the island and seek reunification, and strident anti-China voices in Taiwan, there is still a deep thread of antagonism between the two sides. Wang's visit to China has, in fact, been a hot d ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-29
... th Korea) islands integral parts of the Japanese territory, Kyodo news agency reported Tuesday. The move, which came ahead of the scheduled revision of teaching manuals in 2016, is expected to invite ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-28
Since Ma Ying-jeou became president of Taiwan in May 2008, he has brought economic and social ties with the mainland closer than at any time since 1949. But, while the island's economy increasingly de ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-27
Mainland investment in Taiwan rose 10 percent to US$360 million in 2013 from a year earlier, United Daily News reported Tuesday, citing the island's Ministry of Economic Affairs. The island gave mainl ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-21
... 李紀珠}. The island is currently awaiting approval by its legislature on the launch of the 100 billion yuan worth renminibi-denominated qualified foreign institutional investor scheme, said Lee, who also ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-17
Taiwan may start allowing mainland Chinese firms to raise funds through yuan-denominated share sales and equity listings in the island this year, burnishing its allure as an offshore renminbi hub, acc ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-17
... he Lantau Island into a core business district, just second to Central and East Kowloon, seizing opportunities that the development of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge may bring. More hotels, shoppin ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-16
Trade between mainland China and Taiwan grew 16.7 percent year on year to US$197.2 billion in 2013, with the island enjoying a surplus of US$116 billion, China Daily reported Wednesday, citing remarks ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-15
Taiwan will raise the quota for mainland firms for issue of yuan-denominated bonds on the island, Securities Times reported Friday, citing Tseng Ming-chung, chairman of Taiwan's Financial Supervisory ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-10
... iting the island’s Central Epidemic Command Center. An 86-year-old tourist from Jiangsu province is in stable condition, and was confirmed as the second imported human case of H7N9 bird flu in Taiwan ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-02
... g that an island chain at the center of a dispute with Japan had belonged to China since antiquity. "After that, I realized that the Times' influence all over the world is incredibly vast," he said. " ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-01
... st on the island to team up with Alipay, the report said. -- Contact HKEJ [email protected] TL/MY/SK ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-30
Taiwan's central bank is seeking an increase in the daily quota for individuals on the island to exchange renminbi, the Economic Daily News reported Thursday, citing remarks by governor Perng Fai-nan ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-27
... n Hengqin Island in Zhuhai. Ho, meanwhile, said the Hong Kong Disneyland is likely to post double-digit year-on-year growth in its hotel revenue during the Christmas holidays. ECONOMY AND BUSINESS MPF ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-27
Mainland green energy firm GCL Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. (03800.HK) has seen its Suzhou subsidiary receive approval Wednesday from the Taiwan government to set up a solar power unit on the island with ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-26
Taiwan has eased restrictions on banks' foreign exchange derivatives business through their offshore banking units (OBU), the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Thursday, citing the island's Financia ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-26
Chinese tycoon Chen Guangbiao plans to invest in Taiwan’s new energy sector, the island's Central News Agency reported on Wednesday. Chen said he will register a company on the island to develop envir ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-26
Renminbi deposits at Taiwan's offshore banking units and local financial institutions reached 155.12 billion yuan (US$25.54 billion) in November, the island's central bank said in a statement Monday. ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-17
