The US government has determined that China is manipulating its currency and will engage with the International Monetary Fund to eliminate unfair competition from Beijing, Reuters reports, citing US T ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-06
Power has been restored in most parts of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, after the city of 10 million people went without electricity for more than nine hours due to technical issues, Reuters reports, c ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-05
Taiwan's Foxconn Group is exploring the sale of its new US$8.8 billion display panel factory in China, Reuters reports, citing people familiar with the matter. The firm is in discussions to appoint ba ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-02
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will impose a 10 percent tariff on US$300 billion of Chinese imports from Sept. 1 and that he could raise tariffs further if China fails to move more ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-02
US and Chinese negotiators ended a brief round of trade talks on Wednesday with little sign of progress and agreed to meet again in September, prolonging an uneasy truce in a year-long trade war, Reut ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-01
US President Donald Trump warned Beijing against waiting out his first term to finalize any trade deal, saying if he wins re-election in the November 2020 US presidential contest, the outcome will be ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-31
Police Commissioner Stephen Lo Wai-chung said he is very proud of his officers' unselfish devotion to duty during recent clashes with protesters. In an internal letter to all members of the police for ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-30
The British government is working on the assumption that the European Union will not renegotiate its Brexit deal, and is ramping up preparations to leave the bloc on Oct. 31 without an agreement, Reut ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
A week before suspected triad gang members attacked protesters and commuters at the Yuen Long MTR Station last Sunday, an official from China’s representative office urged local residents to drive awa ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-26
Four major automakers have reached an agreement with California on fuel efficiency rules, bypassing a Trump administration effort to strip the state of the right to fight climate change by setting its ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-26
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller emphasized he had not exonerated US President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice, as the president has claimed, but his long-awaited congressional testimony d ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-25
China’s defense ministry warned on Wednesday that it was ready for war if there was a move toward Taiwan’s independence, accusing the United States of undermining global stability and denouncing its a ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-24
For years, the growth in e-commerce has outpaced the underlying payments technology. With an aim to simplify payments, US-based startup Stripe has emerged as a key player in the financial technology r ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-24
