Taiwan announced that it will suspend entry for all Chinese citizens who live in mainland China from Thursday in a bid to combat the spread of the new coronavirus. The island had in practice already s ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-05
... a remote island in the Indian Ocean off its northwest coast. Australia on Saturday followed the United States in barring entry to all foreign nationals travelling from mainland China. The Group of Se ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-03
... iwan? The island produced 1.88 million face masks per day last year. Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said the government has asked manufacturers to work around the clock so as to increase the daily ou ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-03
... an set of islands. David Tucker, 75, said he had come to London from Wales to march in the hope that others would keep alive the prospect of one day rejoining the EU. “It is a tragedy,” he said. “We w ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-01
A Customs and Excise Department boat capsized in the sea near Sha Chau, an island off the Tuen Mun coast, on Tuesday night, killing three of the five persons who were on board the vessel. The accident ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-23
... Hong Kong Island earlier in the day, other rail passengers and passers-by also fell victim. Dozens of people were injured in the attack, which was perpetrated by suspected triad gang members. Lam poin ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-22
... Hong Kong Island Region, said Lau was arrested for inciting the public and for breaching the terms of the letter of no objection issued for the rally because he failed to assist in maintaining order. ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-20
... that the island is a part of China, and that it is up to the entire Chinese people to decide, together with the Taiwanese public, the future of Taiwan. Judging from the uncompromising remarks of both ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-17
... e wealthy island nation which has the second-fastest aging population in the world after South Korea and one of the lowest fertility rates globally. Latest data shows the number of births in Singapore ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-16
As many had expected, Taiwan's incumbent leader Tsai Ing-wen swept to an easy victory in the island's presidential election last Saturday, securing a second term in office. Tsai, from the ruling Democ ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-14
... sting the island was doing so. The US Treasury, as part of its semi-annual report on foreign exchange policies of major US trading partners, said it was “concerned” by recent analysis from the US Coun ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-14
... ly to the island. Tsai has had a poor relationship with the mainland from the beginning of her presidency because she declined to accept the “one China” position of her predecessor, Ma Ying-jeou of th ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-14
... volcanic island and the area immediately around it – normally a popular tourist spot. Dozens of tremors set residents on edge. Some tourists ignored the dangers and traveled to towns closest to the v ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-13
... emocratic island to accept Beijing’s rule under a “one country, two systems” model, as well as by anti-government protests in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong. “No matter what changes there are to the internal ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-13
Taiwanese re-elected President Tsai Ing-wen by a landslide on Saturday, a stern rebuke to China which has tried both military threats and economic inducements to get the island to accept its rule, and ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-11
