Beijing will open access to banned websites like Facebook for guests and journalists during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing starting this week, Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-05
... xt week's Apec summit. Tokyo says more than 200 Chinese fishing boats have been poaching the coral, which is used in jewellery, off the Ogasawara and Izu island chains, the Financial Times reported We ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-05
... peration (APEC) summit. While the "APEC Blue" has been welcomed by the public at large, the strong government steps have also drawn criticism from some people who had to put up with a few inconvenienc ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-05
As Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prepares to visit Beijing for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, a former top Japanese military official has said that there is no way China can ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-05
The APEC summit, which will kick off with a ministerial gathering in Beijing Friday and conclude with a two-day "Economic Leaders' Meeting" next week, is the top focus for the Chinese government right ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-05
... ttend the APEC summit, according to the Wall Street Journal. Obama is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping as part of a Nov. 10-16 swing across Asia which includes visits to Myanmar and ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-05
... peration (APEC) summit in Beijing, a move that will boost global awareness for their campaign. Next Media Group chairman Jimmy Lai Chee-ying said it will be good for the student activists to visit Bei ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-04
... peration (APEC) summit in Beijing and the Shanghai International Marathon. Beijing and Shanghai also have direct flights to Africa. There is no official APEC participant from Africa, but Beijing must ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-04
... peration (APEC) summit that is being held in China's capital city. The HKFS said if the student representatives are denied access to Beijing, it would mean that the central government is treating the ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-04
... sting the APEC forum and will hold bilateral meetings with key leaders including Barack Obama. Xi has been concentrating power in his hands and there is apprehension that he might create a personality ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-04
... peration (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting to be held in Beijing from Nov. 10 to 11. The rehearsals started at around 5 p.m. on Saturday with about 40 police coaches bringing the participants to the po ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-03
The Central government could direct Hong Kong authorities to clear the Occupy protest sites by use of force once the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) meeting in Beijing ends, according to Ng Ho ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-03
... with the APEC summit next week, according to Alex Chow, secretary general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS). HKFS is increasingly frustrated after last week's talks with the Hong Kong go ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-31
... r when an APEC meeting will take place in the Chinese capital. Chow said Beijing should conduct a dialogue with students if it values Hong Kong people's opinions. Regina Ip, leader of the New People’ ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-31
... ty, since APEC members take turns hosting the annual meetings, with China last playing host in 2001. The Chinese government is taking steps to ensure that Beijing, which has been choking under thick l ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-27
... peration (APEC) summit in the capital in early November, Apple Daily reported on Monday. Heavy smog has returned to northern China in the autumn, raising health concerns and the possibility that it ma ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-27
A decision earlier this year to switch the venue of the APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting from Hong Kong to Beijing has proved to be the right call, given that the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong -- ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-21
... 4th when APEC Summit opens in Beijing. Surely, the last thing Beijing wants to see is for Hong Kong to grab the focus of attention at the global leaders' meeting. At the same time, it can't afford to ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-14
Just as China and the United States are preparing for another Xi Jinping-Barack Obama summit next month, when the American president is scheduled to visit Beijing for the annual APEC leaders meeting, ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-14
... the 2014 APEC Economic Leaders' Week to discuss how to strengthen economic cooperation in the region. Just to show how serious Beijing is taking the event, all Beijing residents will get a six-day ho ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-13
