Top Chinese leaders have been weighing in on the recent Mong Kok clashes, using the ongoing sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) to speak their minds. They have expressed alarm over the vi ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-11
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Taiwan against any independence drive, saying Beijing will never allow the tragedy of the island being "split" off from the rest of the country to happen again. Mee ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-07
China’s latest easing move signals that shoring up growth is the government’s top priority even if it further weakens its currency or adds to leverage that threatens the longer-term health of the worl ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-01
China's Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng urged Taiwan to ratify a controversial trade pact that has languished in the island's parliament after protests over trade dealings with Beijing, Reuters reports. ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-24
An economic slowdown and intensifying competition in China is prompting more Taiwan firms to pull out or scale back operations in the mainland and step up focus on the business back home. The homecomi ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-10
Hong Kong people love to hear news about Taiwan, as shown in their keen interest in the recent elections. Many of them traveled to the island to witness the historic event, some wanting to see if the ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
During the campaign leading up to Taiwan’s Jan. 16 elections, Tsai Ing-wen, leader of the Democratic Progressive Party, took part in singing the national anthem at public events, but her lips visibly ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
The squabbles and bickering over the question of Chinese national identity keep coming back like a bad penny. Recently we saw Taiwanese pop singer and actor Show Luo (羅志祥) come under fire at home and ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
Two political commentators alleged that social networking giant Facebook suspended their accounts last week because of pressure from Beijing, Apple Daily reported. Writer Yip Yat-chee (葉一知) said he co ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
No sooner had the dust settled in Taiwan's presidential election than China began making noises about cross-strait relations. So we had Beijing reminding Taipei about the "One China" policy as Tsai In ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
... st a spitting distance from the territory, which explains why they are popular destinations among Hong Kong people. My early morning flight to Taiwan last Thursday took more than an hour, but time fle ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
Strategic fuzziness can sometimes better serve a purpose. It means rather than showing your hand, you should not let the other party know your intent or next move. Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) could not be more ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
A motley group of mainland netizens waged a social media war against their Taiwanese counterparts to denounce the poll victory of Taiwan's President-elect Tsai Ing-wen, but got lost in "enemy territor ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-21
The landslide victory of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Tsai Ing-wen in the Taiwan presidential election had been a foregone conclusion, given her unprecedented popularity throughout the ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-21
Alas, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying will have to look for a new deputy if he wins reelection in 2017. Chief Secretary Carrie Lam, who arguably has the second toughest job in Hong Kong, told three ne ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-21
If you are visiting Taiwan, avoid these chain restaurants: Bravo Hot Pot, Dada Tea, Jogoya and No.1 Wellington Street. They reportedly bought expired food supplies from Hsienyang, a food company in th ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-20
The Democratic Progressive Party’s victory in Taiwan’s elections turned out to be even greater than expected, so much so that Beijing, which used to fulminate at the DPP-led pro-independence camp, has ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
Many Hong Kong people think Taiwan could be another Hong Kong on the assumption that the growing influence of Beijing on Taipei could gradually bring the island under Chinese rule. But after the lands ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
Call it fate, happenstance or whatever, but there seems to be a magic number that ties Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen, the presidential candidate of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, to Hong Kong Ch ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) might want to send a note of thanks to a 16-year-old K-pop star for inadvertently helping party candidate Tsai Ing-wen score a big win in the presidential e ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
