... aight for Western district, where mainland officials dealt with them. The highly status-conscious members of the "loyalist" camp are also well aware of the way that the liaison office treats the chief ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-05
... But many Western leaders and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stayed away, BBC noted. In his opening speech during the parade, Xi paid tribute to "the Chinese people who unwaveringly fought hard and ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
... and often western writers the likes of John Grisham or Stephen King (for fiction), or by some popular New York Times columnist like Thomas Friedman and writers from Britain and the US. One can bring u ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-03
... r than in Western Europe or other democracies. The social and economic toll is similarly high. The boom in America’s prison population in recent decades is the result of ramped up punitive crime-preve ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
... ubversive western values, and over the past year, officials have accelerated efforts on the mainland to demolish churches, shutter Christian schools and forcibly remove crosses. It also launched a cam ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
... st senior Western leaders are skipping the parade, along with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, concerned about the message a massive show of force will send a region already worried by China's grow ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
... lt in the western Darfur region, Reuters reported. Members of the ICC are obliged to act on arrest warrants. China is not a member. Bashir, who rejects the court's authority, has managed to travel wit ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
... rate than western countries, and there is little chance of a broad-based default given that external debt represents less than 10 percent of its total debt. Also, Beijing holds nearly US$1.3 trillion ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
... With many Western leaders deciding not to grace the Beijing parade, Park's attendance was deemed crucial in the eyes of Beijing. Rewriting the past Beijing has long abandoned the old Communist dogma, ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
... ents. The Western Harbour Tunnel and the Chemical Waste Treatment Centre in Tsing Yi, the two facilities Lai cited in his article, were actually funded and built by private companies, which then recov ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
... up in the Western marketplace, Reuters reported, citing an FBI press release. "We now have credible reports that US persons have been offered cultural property that appears to have been removed from S ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
... clude the Western Harbour Tunnel, which has failed miserably to alleviate the traffic congestion that has plagued the Hunghom Cross Harbour Tunnel for years and been notorious for its low traffic flow ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
... thern and western Europe, such as Germany and Sweden. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG/FL ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
... ic of the western conspiracy. After all, collective experience will create lasting memories among the North Korean people and is much more powerful than words on TV. The article first appeared in the ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-26
... ld in the western Pacific. For the first time, its warplanes flew more than 1,000 kilometers beyond the first island chain. It isn’t a remarkable feat by any standard for a modern warplane to fly more ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-25
... s that of Western Europe and 11 times that of the contiguous United States, disputes over land acquisition for industrial development create serious barriers to economic growth. In much of Africa, de ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-24
... near the western city of Dera Ismail Khan. A senior Pakistani Taliban commander, Abdullah Bahar, told Reuters soon after the kidnapping that the man was in the Islamist militants' custody. Khan gave ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-24
... Osaka in western Japan, the report said. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-24
Some Hongkongers don’t spend much on clothing but others are fuzzy about what they wear and are willing to pay for premium products. Still, many regard only western brands as upscale fashion. Those wi ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-22
Four abandoned buildings in the Western District are still being used as the registered address of as many as 79 voters in the run-up to the district council elections, according to Apple Daily. The f ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-21