... demands. Prime Minister Abe Shinzo even approved a plan to build a new base to replace the existing Futenma air base on the island despite fierce opposition from the Okinawa Prefecture government. Al ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-23
... d happen, Prime Minister Zhou Enlai that night ordered the gates to be closed and soldiers to be stationed there. The next morning, screaming Red Guards demanded to enter, but the gates were kept shut ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-23
... ifically, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party, can do no wrong. A US senator once told me, “We are all members of Likud here.” The third issue -- the most challenging for some Americ ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-23
... tripe and prime grade steak. Business was good before Hong Kong was handed over back to China in 1997. Many British soldiers, expats and businessmen were frequent visitors to the steakhouse, including ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-23
... reported. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, in his first foreign policy statement since ousting his predecessor, Tony Abbott, last week, said China’s construction of artificial islands around reefs in ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-23
... s. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said pushing through the quota system had "nonsensically" caused a deep rift over a highly sensitive issue and that, "as long as I am prime minister", Slovakia wou ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-23
The controversial national security bills tabled by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were passed in the House of Councilors, the upper house of the National Diet, in the wee hours of Saturday mornin ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-22
... set up by Prime Minister Najib Razak in 2009 to help drive the economy, is having difficulty repaying more than US$11 billion of debt. A government probe found that nearly US$700 million moved throug ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-22
... retary to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He was a member of Yeo’s election team in Aljunied, and was considered a frontrunner for a key position in Singaporean government had he won. The PAP's loss ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-21
Alexis Tsipras stormed back into office as Greek prime minister with an unexpectedly decisive election victory Sunday, claiming a clear mandate to steer Greece's battered economy to recovery, Reuters ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-21
... set up by Prime Minister Najib Razak in 2009 to help drive the economy. The fund is having difficulty repaying more than US$11 billion of debt and is at the center of investigations that are destabili ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-21
... policy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe but love "Abenomics", especially his devaluation of the yen, which has lost more than 30 per cent of its value against the renminbi since September 2013. For the to ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-17
... " tweeted Prime Minister Sushil Koirala. Koirala has said he will step down as prime minister once the new constitution is in place, and a new government is expected to be formed. -- Contact us at eng ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-17
... upport of Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is battling allegations of graft and mismanagement at indebted state fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB). Najib did not officially endorse the march but ele ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-17
... Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbany to tighten the border with Croatia and Romania. Helmeted riot police backed by armored vehicles took up positions at the barricaded border crossing with Serbia, ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-17
... tury, the prime mission of the Chinese Communist Party is to restore the pride of the Chinese people and settle old scores with our old enemies. Under such a grand strategy, there is no room for a “me ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-16
... r British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Conservative Party won a second term. The property services company expects investors to get a 5 percent gross investment yield in the next three years a ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-16
... w, led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the PAP has put to rest fears about its lingering decline. Lee Kuan Yew’s legacy is more enduring than many thought, and it’s likely that a change of the ruli ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-15
... ercent in Prime Minister Narendra Modi. One source of unfavorable ratings for China is its territorial disputes. A majority of publics in the Philippines, Vietnam, Japan and India – all of which have ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-15
... by former Prime Minister Tony Blair, had failed to convince even his own party that he could run the country. The campaign to choose his successor proceeded throughout the summer. On the whole, the se ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-15
