At least US$1 billion in cash has been smuggled into Iran through front companies, couriers and money changers as the country seeks to avoid Western sanctions, Reuters reported. The figure is much big ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
... ch -- the Western powers in naval vessel expertise is proving to be difficult. A video clip aired by state television this week certainly won't help matters. In the footage shown on CCTV Monday, the c ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
... vernment, Western leaders and NATO say there is clear evidence Russia is helping the rebels with heavy weapons and soldiers. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG/RA ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
... phasis to Western China from the eastern parts of the country. Last year, Xi announced the US$40 billion Silk Road Foundation in order to expand offshore investment, involving initiatives such as con ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
The US homeland security chief has warned shoppers to be "particularly careful" after a radical Islamist group based in Somalia threatened to launch attacks on Western shopping centers, including the ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
... ntral and western regions, will be put into operation this year, which will stabilize economic growth and improve people's livelihoods. The NDRC, China's top planning body, will continue to use prefer ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
... v and its western allies are trying to determine whether the separatists will now halt, or advance deeper into territory the Kremlin calls "New Russia". Germany and France mediated the peace deal that ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
... rnance of western universities differ from HKU's. Cambridge, Oxford and the University of London are British institutions typically used for such a comparison. Among them, I am most familiar with the ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-18
Chinese tourists are not the only ones behaving badly abroad and westerners are equally unruly, according to the official People's Daily Online. After so much negative news about them, Chinese tourist ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-18
Western economies, as a whole, are on the verge of deflation. Advances in artificial intelligence, information technology and 3D printing have been remarkable, but investors are largely overwhelmed by ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
... s such as Western Digital, Seagate and Toshiba was part of a cluster of spying programs discovered by Kaspersky Lab, the report said. Most infections were seen in Iran, followed by Russia, Pakistan, A ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
... rs in the Western District in 2011. Since the 1997 handover, the Liaison Office spent about HK$2.5 billion to acquire 13 properties, including residential and commercial units and shops. It has bought ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
... tablished western businesses Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland and Bunge. Noble mines, ships and finances supplies of iron ore, coal and agricultural commodities including grains, sugar, palm oil and co ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
... beheaded western hostages. Sisi, who met with Egypt's top military commanders to discuss the killings, called for a seven-day mourning period, state television reported. The Coptic Church said it was ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
... chews the Western mindset, universal principles such as democracy and press freedom appear to be less important in the pursuit of national unity and economic growth. At the height of the pro-democracy ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... tors from Western Europe, the United States and Japan, said Michael Bennett, head of derivatives and structured finance at the World Bank Treasury capital markets deparment. He said the World Bank hop ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... th of the western Europe were greatly enhanced, allowing it to compete with the US on equal footing. In order to integrate the Greater China region, we must start with the stock market. In fact, there ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... beheading western aid workers and journalists and burning to death a Jordanian pilot. Obama sent his request to Congress a day after his administration confirmed the death of Kayla Mueller, a 26-year- ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-12
... unlike in Western cultures, which begin counting after the baby's first year is completed. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
One sector in which Hong Kong has consistently done well is tourism. Much of this success can be attributed to the melding of western and Chinese cultures, our unrivalled infrastructure and ease of tr ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
