While the European Union is considering whether to impose new sanctions on Russia, the latter has become more proactive in looking eastward, particularly toward China. What remains unclear is how muc ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
... o Bank of East Asia Ltd. (00023.HK) for HK$6 billion. Standard Chartered acquired the business for HK$980 million in 2004. The unit generated an after-tax profit of HK$520 million in 2011, HK$480 mill ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... along the east Kowloon waterfront in the 1920s. The pair, however, originally wanted to build luxury homes in the area. Records from the Transport and Housing Bureau show that a firm called Kai Tack ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... father in East Jerusalem, leading to his capture. "I say to all those who want to spy on the Islamic State, don't think that you're so smart and that you can deceive the Islamic State. You won't succe ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
Hedge fund Elliott Management Corp. has launched legal action against Bank of East Asia Ltd. (BEA) over the latter's deal last year to sell nearly US$1 billion worth of shares to Japan’s Sumitomo Mits ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-12
... ms in the East and South China seas. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
... ated into East Pakistan and West Pakistan. East Pakistan, which is today’s Bangladesh, had India’s support in the Bangladesh Liberation War. The war lasted for 9 months, and killed 300,000 people. Aft ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
... ly in the East China Sea and South China Sea, has convinced the US that China is already too strong and playing a not always positive role in world affairs. Clearly, Washington now prefers China to be ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
... or of Far East Consortium (0035.HK) and second son of the former ATV owner; Kennedy Wong, chairman of Hong Kong Resources Holdings Co. Ltd.; and Kelvin Wu, chief executive of Crosby Capital Ltd. and o ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-06
... he Middle East and elsewhere is a dangerous fallacy. But, while war and force may be down, they are not out. They are simply evolving according to a new "generation" of rules and tactics. The first ge ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-06
... mposed on East Asia and Latin America in recent decades. And yet, when Greece got into trouble, it was tried again. Greece largely succeeded in following the dictate set by the “troika” (the European ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
At least nine people were killed and dozens unaccounted for after a TransAsia Airways plane clipped a bridge and crashed into a river near Taipei on Wednesday. Pictures taken by a motorist and posted ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
A public hearing on development plans for the northeast New Territories turned chaotic on Tuesday, forcing officials of the Town Planning Board (TPB) to terminate the meeting after a protester was inj ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
... Chung in east Kowloon --are said to have recorded flu cases Tuesday. Forty-one pupils were infected at those two institutions, according to the report. -- Contact us at [email protected] TL/AC/RC ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
... Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang province 3. Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet autonomous region 4, Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province 5. Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong province 6. Hui ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
... eveloping East Kowloon into a smart city. The "Living Lab" model that blends innovation and technology into daily life and engages citizens in the process certainly deserves consideration by the gover ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-02
... om Middle East to West Africa, the great powers will need to adjust their geopolitical strategies. But there is no reason for them to do so now. As for the Islamic regimes, they will not look for trou ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
... rritories East and Hong Kong Island, respectively, in 2016. Unfortunately, under such arrangement, Wong Kwok-hing, the FTU incumbent in Hong Kong Island, will have to switch to another geographical co ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-29
Thailand summoned a top American envoy after accusing the United States of meddling in its political affairs. It said many Thais were hurt by remarks of visiting US Secretary of State for East Asia Da ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-29
... thouse in East Pacific Garden in Shenzhen from a property developer friend, Bill Wong, owner of DBC Radio, at a bargain. Tsang did not move into the unit after reports about potential conflict of int ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-28
