... from the West and may be used by "foreign anti-China forces" to overthrow the government. Since 1978, the Christians of China have enjoyed a greater degree of religious freedom than during the three ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-28
... er valley west of the capital, deprives IS militants of their biggest prize of 2015, Reuters noted. Officials did not give any immediate death toll for the battle. The government says most civilians w ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-28
... m and the West and calls young people to jihad. The grotesquely violent videos that Daesh produces have shock appeal. But what really attracts disaffected young people is the invitation to be part of ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
... nt's northwest section into a waiting area and outdoor dining zone, turning what is now a public walk-through space into a private commercial area. Under this proposal, a section of about 1,700 sq ft ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-23
... ilometers west of Baghdad, began in early November after a months-long effort to cut off supply lines to the city, whose fall to Islamic State was a major defeat for Iraq's weak central government, Re ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-23
... c Kowloon West Operational Base and park the vehicle in a back alley. Anyone found guilty of operating a vehicle without a license could be fined HK$10,000 or jailed up to 12 months and their driving ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
... from the west coast of Chile. The tour was arranged by a Hong Kong travel agency called Jetour, with the itinerary said to include several destinations in South America. A member of the group told an ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
... g mall in West Kowloon, said it has no plans to adjust parking fees but it will conduct reviews from time to time. Meanwhile, the Transport Department is processing fee increase applications on four f ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-21
The United States, the European Union and Western-led institutions such as the World Bank repeatedly ask why the Middle East can’t govern itself. The question is asked honestly but without much self-a ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-21
... ourse and West Apron expansion and expanded its auxiliary service and cargo facilities, which cost more than HK$12 billion in recent years. In addition, it decided to build a third runway to handle fu ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-19
... on in the West. Merchants in Asia considering which subscription model to employ must take this consumer landscape into account. One way in which the Asian subscription market is opening up is with pr ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-19
As I mentioned in an earlier column, some western international relations experts at a recent academic seminar suggested that Dubai has the potential to replace Hong Kong as the next global financial ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
... in north-west Russia. Turchak, the son of a businessman with long-standing ties to Putin, has denied the allegation. Earlier this month, Russia's Novaya Gazeta published allegations that a son of Rus ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
... ay by the West China Metropolitan Daily show. The images have since gone viral on other Chinese news sites. The building has hosted 11 suspects so far, including senior provincial officials suspected ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-17
... ithin the West Kowloon terminus – for occupation by mainland law enforcement personnel. Article 7 of the Basic Law, which states that land and natural resources within the Hong Kong Special Administra ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-15
... y, moving west and weakening, Reuters reported. "Melor will continue to weaken as it crosses the central Philippines into Tuesday," weather provider Accuweather said. "However, damaging wind gusts hig ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-15
... over the West in the fierce competition for the continent’s rich natural resources. Apart from pumping enormous investment into Africa, Beijing is also using arms sales as another means to strengthen ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-14
... ts hub in West Kowloon, the perfect fulfillment of a bureaucrat’s vision for controlling and placing the arts all in one place. Thank goodness the property development aspect of this scheme is being b ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-12
... rminus in West Kowloon. Yuen insisted that national laws could be applied in the city without breaching the "one country, two systems" principle. He cited Annex III of the Basic Law titled "National L ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-10
... nside the West Kowloon terminus. The government's rhetoric back then was that co-location arrangement would be simple and that there would be plenty of time to sort out the matters, and that the fundi ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-10