... nt in the island's general elections last Saturday. Tsai’s victory has angered many mainland netizens, who accused her of seeking Taiwan's independence. However, their "invasion" encountered difficult ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-21
... er to the island, politically and ideologically. What Hong Kong has been put through after the 1997 reunification serves as a warning to Taiwan on the prospects of its own relationship with China. On ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-21
... me in the island’s history. It is believed that the KMT will find itself in the wilderness for years to come. While a lot of political pundits are focused on how cross-strait relations might change af ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-21
... ts to the island city plunged 23 percent in the first 11 months of 2015 and are facing the first annual decline since 2009. The industry is already pulling back, with TAG Heuer shuttering a store ther ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-21
... iting the island. For me, the island’s reputation as a gastronomic paradise has been badly tarnished by scandals over the past few years, starting with plasticizer found in cold drinks, followed by fa ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-20
... y, as the island's president. Why should A-Mei be faulted for singing the Taiwanese anthem when she is a Taiwanese? But the Chinese Communist Party insisted on the "One China" policy and imposed a san ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
... s for the island’s independence. One thing to note is that the votes Tsai garnered (over 6.89 million) were 10,000 times those Leung Chun-ying received when 689 members of the 1200-strong election com ...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
An existing naval facility off the Philippines' Palawan island is being quietly developed into a military base for US troops. However, while construction is continuing, there has been no confirmation ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
President-elect Tsai Ing-wen pledged to overhaul Taiwan’s flagging economy and maintain peace with mainland China, even as she called on Communist Party leaders in Beijing to respect the island’s demo ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
... th of the island and took a job there two years ago after graduating. He has a local girlfriend, and most of his friends are in Kaohsiung. Things are a lot cheaper there than in Hong Kong, and the pac ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-16
Saturday's presidential election in Taiwan, the only place in the Greater China region where we can see real democracy in action, will be the most one-sided contest in the island since Lee Teng-hui wo ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-15
Thousands of Hong Kong people, including politicians, media practitioners and students, are traveling to Taiwan to observe the conduct of the general elections on the island on Saturday. It's certainl ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-15
... n Peak in Island South and Twelve Peaks on The Peak. The developer will be contributing 30 percent of the 20,000 new units expected to come onto the market this year, said Louis Chan Wing-kit, chief e ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-15
... e, Lantau Island will be developed with 14 tourist facilities and attractions, along with the expansion of the Hong Kong Disneyland, Leung said. The government also plans to develop Kai Tak into a tou ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-14
... 2015, the island state had 3.9 million local residents out of a population of 5.5 million. Foreign workers account for 30 percent of the city’s working population. They have also created many social i ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-13
... rs of the island's public. Taiwan independence was still something unmentionable back then: the KMT accused DPP of separatism although the latter had already veered from its explicit pro-independence ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-13
... treasure island -- I wasn’t actually there for the books. Instead, it is the story behind the founding of the bookstore that captivated me. In the 1960s when the local authorities were planning to re ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-12
... s home on Island Road in Deep Water Bay before the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Court, Apple Daily reported. Her lawyer told the court it was Gomera's first time to work as a domestic helper in Hong Kong ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-11
After nearly two years of deliberations, the Lantau Development Advisory Committee (LanDAC) has submitted a report on issues related to potential new development initiatives for Lantau Island. The rep ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-11
