... nges than western-led institutions. On a different level, however, the BRICS actions can be seen as a challenge to the Bretton Woods system and an attempt to create a new world order, with emerging ec ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-22
... and some Western countries in the territory. Even as early as World War II, Hong Kong had become one of the three espionage capitals together with Lisbon and Casablanca. Now, the city is still on the ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-21
... native to Western-dominated entities like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in meeting the needs of developing nations. After a summit in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, leaders of B ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-17
... of their Western appearance. One Italian working as an English teacher on the mainland said many schools in China only care whether teachers are foreigners because they enhance the school's prestige ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-17
... leader in Western countries, it is a newcomer in China, where a few big local firms dominate the market. They include Yongche.com, Alibaba’s Kuaidi Dache and Tencent’s Didi. Sharing almost the same cu ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-16
... north and western provinces controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). This is where the fighting is most intense. Most Chinese companies in Iraq are large state firms in oil, electrici ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-15
... s, unlike Western-run multilaterals they seek to challenge, such as the World Bank, the report said. "Equitable shareholding is the principal goal for India," the official said. Second on India's list ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-15
... rnor in a western province has opted to become a scholar first before becoming a non-executive director at Sichuan Chuantou Energy (600674.CN). Others use excuses to justify their roles in listed firm ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-14
... s like in Western countries,” he said. “Beijing chose to release the white paper, which said things like judges have to be patriotic, just days before the opinion poll on Occupy Central. How could the ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-14
... bution to Western Civilization, notwithstanding and apart from his roles in The Fast and The Furious movie series. All that said, it is quite the useful word for talking about confrontations that are ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-09
... the northwestern New Territories. Media reports also say an anti-riot-cum-counter-terrorism drill was held at the Gun Club Hill Barracks in Jordan, Kowloon last July by soldiers kitted out with riot ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-09
China is accelerating the pace of building high-speed rail links in the central and western regions in a bid to reduce the country's oversupply of steel and cement, the 21st Century Business Herald re ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-08
... River in western Brazil. A government team, including a medical unit, is in the area to provide help to the newly-contacted group. Officials are worried because the Indians, living in isolation in th ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-08
... oper uses western management style. Look at the company’s all-star board which includes former HSBC taipan John Bond, Li & Fung chairman William Fung, just to name two. Chief financial officer Dan ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-08
... from big western names like IBM. One such deal that could help China move in that direction is the recently signed purchase of IBM's low-end server business by domestic PC giant Lenovo (00992.HK), in ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-08
... l of southwestern China's Sichuan province, was the first leg of her three-day visit. She was there to attend the China-German Urbanization Cooperation Forum, showing the western nation’s strong inter ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-07
... the most western railway station in China, connected to the rest of the national network by the Southern Xinjiang Railway in 1999. In December, a freight train running 488 km connected it to cities i ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-04
Western governments have begun piling the pressure on Iran after it signaled a smaller nuclear enrichment program during talks in Vienna. The West wants Tehran to agree to a bigger compromise, Reuters ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-04
... ntral and western regions, including a line linking Ejina in northern China’s Inner Mongolia and Hami in Xinjiang in the northwest, the report said. China aims to invest more than 800 billion yuan in ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-03
A decomposing porpoise and what is believed to be a stillborn calf were found in the waters off Western District Sunday, the seventh dead cetacean in Hong Kong waters this year, Apple Daily reported M ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-30
