... eek, angering users who accused the firm of backing Hong Kong independence. Calls for a boycott spread to other Taiwanese bubble tea brands like Gong Cha, HeyTea, CoCo and A Little Tea. Yifang and the ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-09
Beijing, in an unprecedented move, has stopped issuing individual travel permits for Taiwan. The ban, which took effect on Aug. 1, covers 47 mainland cities. In its statement, China's culture and tour ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-02
Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu, the candidate of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) in Taiwan's presidential election, will need the full support of his partymates to unseat President Tsai Ing-wen of the rul ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-01
China will stop issuing individual travel permits for Taiwan to people in 47 mainland cities from Thursday, its culture and tourism ministry said, citing the state of ties with the self-ruled island. ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-01
The political turmoil arising from the proposed extradition bill is still gripping Hong Kong, but our government has remained defiant against public calls for withdrawing the bill and establishing an ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
Global coffee chain Starbucks, already one of the most digitized in the food and beverage industry, plans to export its successful operating system to other restaurants as part of efforts to diversify ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-25
On Monday the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) announced the results of its presidential primaries, with Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu enjoying a more than 17-point lead over his major rival Terry Gou Tai-min ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-17
Han Kuo-yu on Monday won the opposition KMT's nomination for Taiwan's 2020 presidential election, setting the stage for an intense battle with Tsai Ing-wen, the island's incumbent leader, in the upcom ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-15
Singapore reported dismal preliminary second-quarter growth data on Friday, including the slowest pace of annual expansion in a decade, raising bets that a recession and monetary policy easing could b ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-12
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in the United States on Thursday on a trip that has angered Beijing, warning that democracy must be defended and that the island faced threats from “overseas f ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-12
After decades dominated by globalization, trade is being reconfigured as a result of geopolitical, technological and other changes. Sustainability could be a big winner from this process. US President ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-11
Tens of thousands of people staged a protest in Taipei on Sunday afternoon, expressing strong dissatisfaction with the amendments to the Referendum Act. The massive rally, which was held in front of t ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-08
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will spend four nights in the United States in July while visiting Caribbean diplomatic allies, her government said on Monday, angering China, which urged Washington not ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-02
... dent Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party, who was only eight months ago facing political oblivion. Second, they mean that, if Beijing wants to unify with Taiwan peacefully, it will have t ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-02
