If you think life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is a good thing, then shame on you. That’s the gist of new directives from Beijing, which in no uncertain terms seek to put the kibosh on wester ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
... “Why does liberty of expression stop at Dieudonné?” author and blogger Nicolas Bourgoin was quoted as saying. He said the case betrayed a “double standard” of free speech in France. “Why is Dieudonné ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
... or Global Liberty and Prosperity, said people like Xiaoqiao and Zhang are in a minority in the mainland, given Beijing's tight oversight on the internet and the mainland's party-dominated education sy ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-25
... e pro-DPP Liberty Times. “This has shown its promises of ‘one country, two systems’ and a high degree of autonomy to be entirely empty.” Taiwan people were also shocked when President Xi Jinping said ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-10
... ng of the Liberty Party, Tien fielded several questions from the media. He said his suggestion to Leung was justified and that he would say the same thing again if he deems it would be in Hong Kong's ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-30
... at Newark Liberty International Airport after working in Sierra Leone with Ebola patients and was put into quarantine under New Jersey's 21-day mandatory quarantine. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-27
... pposition Liberty Times. “This has shown its promises of ‘one country, two systems’ and a high degree of autonomy to be entirely empty.” The second shock has been the behavior of Chief Executive Leung ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-10
The former head of technology for Liberty Reserve, which created an alternative digital currency that was allegedly used in money-laundering activities, pleaded guilty to criminal charges in a US cour ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-25
... kie Chan, Liberty Times, a Taiwanese newspaper, reported. The singer, whose surname starts with F, has invested in two night clubs in Taiwan and his family has strong connections with the military, so ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-22
Zhang Zhijun, director of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, is scheduled to make an official visit to Taiwan from June 25 to 28, Taiwan newspaper Liberty Times reported Thursday. Zhang will meet with his ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-19
... newspaper Liberty Times reported on Thursday that hackers on Wednesday attacked the Public Opinion Program (POP) of the University of Hong Kong "more than 10 billion times in 20 hours" during testing ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-19
... ssings of liberty must be earned and renewed by every generation -- including our own," he said. The White House also issued a statement urging the Chinese government to take responsibility for the de ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-05
... Taipei’s Liberty square, Wu'erkaixi, a student leader during the Tiananmen Square protests 25 years ago, addressed a commemoration, saying that more effort is needed to pursue democracy in China. -- ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-05
... society, Liberty Times cited the student leaders as saying at a news conference. Lin Fei-fan, one of the persons that launched the protest and led students to occupy the legislature since mid-March, ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-08
... ade pact, Liberty Times reported Wednesday. Police were hand to prevent clashes between the two sides, it said. Chang, nicknamed White Wolf, provoked the students with harsh words, saying the student ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-02
... 7:40 pm, Liberty Times reported Monday. Campaign organizers said as many as half a million people took part in the protests, while some media reports put the number at over 100,000. Student protest l ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-31
... ade pact, Liberty Times reported Monday. The demonstration began at around 1 pm and ended around 7:40 pm. Campaign organizers said as many as half a million people took part in the protests, while som ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-31
... tors, the Liberty Times reported Friday, citing an agreement among many protest groups Thursday. The groups said the pact should be reviewed clause by clause by the parliament’s committee otherwise th ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-21
Taiwan now expects its gross domestic product (GDP) to expand by 2.82 percent this year, revising a previous forecast made in November for 2.59 percent growth, Liberty Times reported Wednesday, citing ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-19
... in 2010, Liberty Times reported Friday, citing figures from Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office. Taiwan, meanwhile, takes only about two weeks to review similar applications by mainland firms, the ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-14