... es of the APEC summit in Manila. State news agency Xinhua reported that Xi affirmed Leung's work but did not mention "persistent effort" that might suggest support for his reelection, according to Min ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-19
... nding the APEC summit in Manila and it's possible he did not watch the match which was streamed on YouTube (Xi has banned YouTube in China). Neither did Leung Chun-ying, who is also in Manila, appear ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-18
... nding the APEC summit. Tell me about it. Earlier, Leung let it be known that he was going to a place where he would not be able to watch the contest. He was mum when pressed by Hong Kong journalists t ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-18
Manila is hosting APEC heads of state including Barack Obama and Xi Jinping but Paris looms over the high-powered summit after Friday's deadly attacks by Islamic State terrorists. Philippine law enfor ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-17
Commercial Radio Hong Kong deplored the refusal of Philippine immigration to allow one of its reporters entry to cover the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit this week in Manila, Ming Pao ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-17
... da of the APEC summit on Nov 18 and 19 in Manila, the South China Sea is expected to be discussed on the sidelines. US President Barack Obama, who arrived in Manila on Tuesday, will attend both meetin ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-17
... oil - the APEC Beijing summit in November last year and the Boao Forum in Hainan in May. So why did Xi have a sudden change of heart now? Kuomintang’s odds of victory in next year’s election have rang ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-06
You probably have not yet heard of “Earn, Learn, Return”. But hopefully you soon will. And hopefully this radical new initiative being nursed to life by the APEC Business Advisory Council will before ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-14
... time for APEC meetings last year. Or, “Slapper gets 5 days in detention”, which called attention to a woman assaulting her gynecologist after a heated dispute over sick leave. Or, “Six reasons stoppi ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-07
... ces). For APEC member economies meeting this week in Boracay, the Philippines, trade ministers would do well to learn important lessons from China’s plans: the liberalization of services is essential ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-26
... pines for APEC later this year, Aquino is exploring some minimal diplomatic engagement.” Manila has orchestrated a series of initiatives to internationalize the deadlock amid China’s land reclamation ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-19
... st year’s APEC summit, Beijing has abandoned its cold-shoulder approach and is seeking to conciliate Tokyo. That's why its response to the new US-Japan treaty is noticeably moderate. Being preoccupied ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-05
... llows the APEC model which accepts individual economies (or member economies), Hong Kong should be able to join as “Hong Kong, China”. This has been the usual way Hong Kong participates in internation ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-10
... k and the APEC free trade zone. President Xi Jinping wants to come up with new game rules or a new system to challenge the existing international arrangements dominated by the US. China has cleverly l ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-30
... peration (APEC) grouping over the past two years, US discomfort has been very clear over China’s nurturing of the bank – now formally called the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). But the ne ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-27
... rs of the APEC countries. The CPPCC representatives have gone too far. While some might see it as shameful for the Chinese people to have adopted western styles of clothing in the late Qing dynasty af ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
As I sit through hundreds of hours of meetings of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), I am often in deep awe of the energy and focus of the growing number of members championing more equal trea ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... after an APEC meeting in Beijing. To avoid missteps and possible national embarrassment, Xi reportedly has been reviewing China’s 64-page Guide to Civilized Tourism and Travel, a handbook of etiquett ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
When Barack Obama was in Beijing in November for the APEC summit, he met with leaders of 11 other countries – Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Peru, Chile a ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
... uring the APEC summit in Beijing in November as a “massive infringement of the law in society” rather than as any sort of “color revolution”. And US President Barack Obama denied any US involvement in ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
