Former Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou has been barred by the new government from a landmark visit to Hong Kong this week. President Tsai Ing-wen rejected Ma's travel request, citing security concerns, ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-13
Obama’s visit to Vietnam has brought a couple of eye-catching changes to the ties between the two nations. First is US$11.3 billion worth of orders from VietJet Air -- Vietnam's first private carrier, ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-27
The Communist Party of China’s official newswire is facing a deluge of online ridicule after claiming Taiwan’s first female president is “extreme” because she is single, the Guardian reports. Tsai Ing ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-26
Beijing used to think that economic pressure can swing things its way in Taipei. But the old strategy now lacks bite as Taiwan, just as in Hong Kong, is seeing some emerging generational dichotomy. Se ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-25
Tsai Ing-wen's (蔡英文) soft-toned inauguration speech in Taiwan broached the subject of cross-strait relations in a somewhat peripheral manner. Going through the text of the 6,000-character speech relea ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-24
Hong Kong people had mixed feelings when they watched the inauguration of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday. They saw a leader, who was elected with 6.89 million votes, speak for all Taiwanese, ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-24
In response to the thoughtful inaugural address by Taiwan’s new president, Tsai Ing-wen, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office had a simple rejoinder: her speech was an “incomplete test answer”. In Beijing's ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-23
The Japanese phrase “a little happiness" (小確幸) has become popular in Taiwan in recent years. However, the term, which has a positive meaning, has been twisted into a sarcastic reference to the compla ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
When Tsai Ing-wen takes office on May 20, she faces two giant challenges. One is manage relations with Beijing in the way demanded by her electorate, the other is to kick-start a faltering economy. Th ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
The Philippine peso has been the lone Asian currency to gain against the US dollar this month and is also the second-best performer in emerging markets worldwide, following the generally peaceful and ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-13
Taiwan is counting down to the inauguration of its new president, Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), who will take office on May 20. As the 59-year-old woman prepares to become the 14th President of the Republic of ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
Taiwan's incoming government is accusing China of "political interference" after a senior Chinese official cast doubt over the island's observer status in the World Health Organisation. Ma Xiaoguang, ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
There's at least one aspect of Rodrigo Duterte's surging Philippine presidential campaign where the numbers are sharply down. As the Davao City mayor continues to soar in pre-election polls, he is cau ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-28
Recently, the Kenyan authorities deported 45 Taiwanese who had been convicted of telephone fraud against mainland Chinese and sent them back to China on a Chinese flight at Beijing’s request. The depo ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-22
China is stepping up pressure on self-ruled Taiwan a month before the inauguration of a president from a pro-independence party. That signals a rocky start for incoming president Tsai Ing-wen, who was ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-21
Fishery has added more strain to Beijing’s long-running spat with neighbors in the South China Sea. The string of recent incidents in the disputed waters is no coincidence but evidence of some underly ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-05
China's Cultural Revolution saw the Communist leaders initially change the names of popular streets, hospitals and other public facilities. For instance, Beijing’s Long Peace (Chang’an) Avenue, a majo ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-30
Taiwan’s official numbers haven't shown a notable drop in visa applications from mainlanders, but the tourism industry is worrying about a decline following Tsai Ing-wen’s landside victory in January’ ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-23
China resumed ties with former Taiwan ally Gambia on Thursday, ending an unofficial diplomatic truce between China and Taiwan, Reuters reports. The small West African state was one of a few African co ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-18
... ively leading the interbank offered rate to lower levels, reflecting its intention to cut the interest rate. Since September, the central bank has cut the interest rate twice, to the current level of ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-16
