A renowned international law academic in Taiwan has been caught in the line of political fire over the Hague tribunal's ruling that Taiping Island is only a rock, not an island. In April last year, Ta ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
Cross-strait relations have been on a tightrope since Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen took office two months ago, but the island's stock market has been the best performer in Asia during the period. T ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
... Mindanao island also gave themselves up to police to clear their names, promising to cooperate with law enforcement authorities. On Friday, Duterte reiterated his "shoot-to-kill" order against drug d ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
... he Russky Island campus of Far Eastern Federal University, where the 2012 APEC summit was held. More than 2,400 visitors from 40 countries are expected to participate. This is the first of a three-par ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
What exactly is an island? The question has pre-occupied international law experts since an arbitral panel in The Hague dismissed most of China's territorial claims in the South China Sea. In fact, th ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-05
... Hong Kong Island between Feb. 8 and July 30 this year. Ibanez has remained in police custody since he did not apply for bail. According to news website hk01.com, the former TVB actress has moved to th ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-04
Central bankers from around the world are meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali to swap ideas on how to address global economic and financial risks. They're agreed that it's time to think out of th ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-03
All the developments following the international tribunal's ruling in the Hague that disavowed Beijing’s “historical right” to disputed waters and islands in the South China Sea have actually affirmed ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-01
... Hong Kong Island and the seat of the Archbishop of Hong Kong. The site is the only freehold land with unlimited time ownership, granted in pursuant to the Church of England Trust Ordinance. Boundaries ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-28
Billionaire Li Ka-shing is giving out HK$5,000 in cash to Secondary Six students in Tin Shui Wai and Island District who will take next year's Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education exams to help ea ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-28
... re on the island. This time around, it has chosen to focus on the entertainment sector. Rumors have it that Beijing wants all artists and entertainers in Taiwan and Hong Kong to sign a loyalty pledge ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-27
... k from an island will be applicable not only to the South China Sea but to other maritime disputes as well. An island, the convention says, must be capable of sustaining human habitation or economic l ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-26
... Hong Kong Island district for the Legislative Council election in September, said he fears that he could face disqualification if he is sentenced to jail, Apple Daily reported. But his campaign team ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-22
... forms for Island Line trains. Lights were out for around six hours before power was restored. -- Contact us at [email protected] RA/RC ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-22
... ty on the Islands of Palmas in 1928 set an important and highly influential legal precedent for subsequent ICJ cases over territorial issues between nations. The PCA's 1914 ruling that the newly forme ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-21
... ect, heat island effect, micro-climate studies, non-building areas, building gaps, etc. have been incorporated into the urban planning ordinance in the following decades. Urban design guidelines from ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-20
... yuan, the island's main airport just south of the capital Taipei, for their flight back to China when the accident happened. The driver and the tour guide, both from Taiwan, were also killed. "The fir ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-20
Beijing will ignore the verdict handed down against it last week at the Hague and will continue to develop disputed islands in the South China Sea, first for tourism, and then send more civilian settl ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
China will continue build structures on disputed islands in the South China Sea, regardless of foreign opposition. Navy chief Adm. Wu Shengli told his visiting US counterpart, Adm. John Richardson, th ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
