Beijing will not allow any Taiwanese person doing business in mainland China to show support for pro-independence activities on the island, a top official reiterated Wednesday. Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-31
... Hong Kong Island was sold 10 percent below the market price, while a two-bedroom unit in Vianni Cove in Tin Shui Wai changed hands at a price 5.1 percent lower than the market level. [Chinese version中 ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-31
Taiwan has a people problem: the working-age population is not growing fast enough, nor earning nearly enough. That has turned the island from a vibrant tiger economy to aging and unsteady in just two ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-28
... ist-ruled island as the process of a detente between Washington and Havana raises the prospect that current US asylum rights for Cubans may soon end. Last week, the Nicaraguan government proposed that ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-28
The engines sputtered and hummed as the ferry treaded the pristine waters toward Tap Mun Island. The sky was blanketed in a brilliant blue and clumps of white clouds moved over the sunbaked mountain r ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
... e Spratly Islands where Beijing has been building islands and airstrips. The Wall Street Journal first reported the flyover last Friday, after Beijing, having issued protests through diplomatic means, ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
A Hong Kong tour group comprising 11 people has been stranded in Chile's Easter Island for the past four days as an airport workers strike in the South American country has led to flight cancellations ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
... Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters immediately launched an investigation. More than 10 days of investigation involved going through about 2,000 hours of video footage taken by security cameras ins ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
... gthen the island's defenses and to provide solace to a pro-independence government in Taipei. -- Contact us at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
... ontrolled islands in the disputed South China Sea. The US angered China last week by approving a new round of weapons sales to Taiwan. China has also been upset with what it sees as provocative US act ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
When Hong Kong Island was made a crown colony in 1842 with the signing of the Treaty of Nanking after the First Opium War, Shanghai also got a special mention in the document as one of the four new "t ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-21
... l as Park Island Transport Company Ltd.’s routes between Ma Wan and Central and Ma Wan and Tsuen Wan. The proposed fee hikes ranged from 4.1 to 17.9 percent, sources at the transport department said. ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-21
... the main island of Java that is home to more than half of the nation's population, the report said. In once instance, a man was said to have been detained as he was found in possession of chemicals, ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-21
... Hong Kong Island by car. It is definitely a good idea to spend a relaxing weekend afternoon here. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Dec. 16. Translation by Darlie Yiu [Chinese ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-19
... Hong Kong Island is highly recommended. I often start at Quarry Bay Park, jogging past Nan Fung Sun Chuen and then climbing uphill via Quarry Bay Tree Walk. Soon I arrive at the site of the Taikoo res ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-19
... Hong Kong Island reported an increase during the period of protests. It is in fact the decline of its mainland business that dragged down revenues. Compared with its rival's 35 percent increase in sal ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-19
... Hong Kong Island and Hollywood Road complain about tourist buses parking on the road. People in Tai O on Lantau and on Cheung Chau and Lamma feel swamped with visitors who have read about the islands ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
Rents for businesses in Tai O, on a remote island just off Lantau Island where fishermen have traditionally lived, have been rising, Metro Hong Kong reported Friday, as new transport links bring more ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
Japan is fortifying its far-flung island chain in the East China Sea under an evolving strategy that aims to turn the tables on China's navy and keep it from ever dominating the Western Pacific Ocean. ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
... nd Lantau Island with prices ranging from HK$700 to over HK$3,000 a night. The advertisements carry photos and detailed descriptions of the yachts and their facilities, check-in and check-out time, tr ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
