... g the sub-prime mortgage crisis? Tellingly, a lot of European leaders are far more willing to let Greece throw itself off the cliff than they were two years ago. The world has not stood still the last ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-21
... or rezone prime plots for low-cost housing. Now, look at the situation in Hong Kong, where the picture is totally different. With property prices way beyond the reach of average citizens, and living i ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-20
Political tensions in Thailand rose as former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra pleaded not guilty to charges she failed to act to prevent billions of dollars in losses from a botched rice-subsidy pr ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-20
... e come as Prime Minister Tony Abbott pitches his hard-line approach to migrant trafficking as a model for Europe and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The policy of intercepting boats and pl ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-20
... r and the Prime Minister appointed by Bates, took over Sealand and kidnapped the son of Bates. Bates then hired some mercenaries to fight back. Acherbach was caught and charged with treason. In order ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-20
... es are in prime locations, such as the Mid-levels and Kowloon Tong, apart from places such as To Kwa Wan and Sham Shui Po. But the government’s insistence on land premiums is coming in the way of prop ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-19
... Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss the dispute. The Philippine navy this month held its first joint naval exercise with Japan in the South China Sea while the armed forces chief visite ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-19
Indian and Chinese firms signed deals worth about US$22 billion in Shanghai over the weekend, in a ceremony witnessed by visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The deals included a US$2.5 bill ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-18
... ay, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Athens had found some common ground with its foreign lenders but the government would not back down from its red lines, such as no cuts to wages and pensio ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-18
... prompted Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to call the country’s largely Shiite paramilitary force into the Sunni province, a controversial decision given the country’s simmering sectarian tensions and ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-18
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Premier Li Keqiang and other leaders in Beijing Friday, on the second day of his visit to China. Modi and Li sat down for talks at the Great Hall of the People, ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-15
Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel will become the first serving leader in the European Union to marry someone of the same sex -- and only the second worldwide -- in this tiny, mostly Catholic ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-15
... e. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has outlined plans to shore up economic growth and improve infrastructure facilities. However, big Indian infrastructure companies are grappling with a debt pile ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-14
... uang, the prime suspect who was arrested, didn’t flee Hong Kong, given that he was most familiar with the situation in the city. When all of his five accomplices were captured by mainland authorities, ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-14
... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed "deep repentance" over Japan's role in World War II and upheld statements by his predecessors but stopped short of issuing his own apology. – Contact us a ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-13
... r Italian Prime Minister -- is said to be talking to Chinese investors who may want to capture Hong Kong's first potential football club listing. Now, one may be amazed at how welcoming the Hong Kong ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-13
Amos Yee, the 16-year-old Singaporean who posted online a video criticizing the country's first prime minister, Lee Kwan Yew, shortly after his death in March, was found guilty by a Singapore court of ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-13
A global school league table from the OECD has put Asian nations in the top five spots, with Singapore taking the prime position and Hong Kong in the second place. The UK is in 20th place, among highe ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-13
... t year by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowing to help Southeast Asia maintain freedom of navigation and overflight in the region. The training comes amid international criticism of China's reclamation ar ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-12
... h Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Castro said he came out of the meeting with the pope "really impressed by his wisdom and his modesty". "When the pope comes to Cuba in September, I promise to go ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-11
