Shortly after Alibaba announced its MYbank project, Tecent's (00700.HK) WeBank signed a strategic cooperation agreement last week with Hong Kong-based Bank of East Asia (BEA) (00023.HK). The areas of ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-21
... n of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Singapore is one of the founding members of the regional bloc, and is also the most developed country among its 10 member states. In the human development index ( ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
... he Middle East worsens the immigration crisis. The swelling exodus prompted Europe to downsize its seek-and-rescue border protection program in a bid to deter them. International aid groups strongly c ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
... d Bank of East Asia (00023.HK) has kept moving south since it hit HK$48.95 in 2007. Global property and financial stocks could have fared even worse if there had been no quantitative easing between Ma ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-17
Russia is accusing the United States of seeking political and military dominance and blaming the West for international security crises, including the conflict in east Ukraine. Russian Defence Ministe ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-17
... he Middle East have been slashed 10 percent, with those in the United States are being cut 5 percent. Following the changes, retail prices in Hong Kong are still lower compared to those than in mainl ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-16
... above the East China Sea in late 2013. The United States responded by flying B-52 bombers through the zone in a show of force. China has denied speculation that it plans to declare a new ADIZ in the S ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-16
... both Northeast and Southeast Asia and that Russian Bear bombers and reconnaissance aircraft regularly flew missions in the Sea of Japan and to Alaska and the US West Coast. Locklear told a Washington ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-16
... ed by at least two of the banks and reinforce their role as a financing tool of the government, the newspaper said, citing government advisers and analysts. The State Council stressed the banks’ roles ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-13
... ed in the east since a rival faction called Libya Dawn seized Tripoli in August, setting up a rival administration. Violence by Islamist militants has exacerbated the chaos. In a separate attack, gunm ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-13
... nnect the East and the West. China's modern "Silk Road" initiative — One Belt, One Road — aims to foster economic cooperation between China and various countries in Asia, Africa and Europe. Tam shared ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
Tendering for projects related to the West-to-East gas transmission venture in mainland China is expected to resume in the coming months after earlier delays brought about by Beijing's anti-graft driv ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
... he Middle East is burning just next door: the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and Copenhagen and against foreign tourists in Tunisia remind Europe that hundreds of homegrown jihadists could return f ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
... he Middle East and Russia's aggression in Ukraine and makes them available for less visible cyber threats. Its the latest US effort to get tough with hackers after the indictment of five Chinese milit ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
... er Middle East war, the news agency said. Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful. For days officials have been trying to agree on a brief document of several pages outlining headline numbers to for ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-01
... speak on "East meets West: A double-edged sword?" at Boom Art Bar and Gallery. "Besides students and graduates, I believe many young professionals will be interested in joining such an event," Chan to ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-31
... ould link East Asia, West Asia and South Asia. The following month, while addressing the Indonesian parliament, the Chinese leader for the first time spoke of a new “maritime silk road” to enhance the ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-31
At least 40 people at a refugee camp in north Yemen were killed on Monday in an air strike apparently targeting Houthi fighters who are battling President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. The camp was hit by S ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-31
... and Line (East), which is expected to be operational by the end of 2016. The train fleet, which cost the MTRC around HK$540 million (US$69.6 million), will be the first driverless train series to be u ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-27
A powerful explosion in New York City's East Village on Thursday caused two apartment buildings to collapse and burst into flames and two others to catch fire, injuring 12 people. Preliminary evidence ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-27
