... ed barren islands with a population of slightly over a million. One may wonder how history would have been if Zhoushan was ceded in perpetuity after the First Opium War in 1842. It was said that Brito ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-17
China could have seized islands occupied by other countries but it has great restraint over competing claims in the South China Sea. Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin said China is the real victim aft ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-17
... Hong Kong Island in the distance. The runway has been turned into a park, an added attraction for those who like to sit around amid the lush greenery. The round trip between Ngau Chi Wan and the Kai T ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-14
... Hong Kong Island to the most remote, and incidentally breathtakingly beautiful, parts of the New Territories. The parks were created to provide a breathing space in this crowded city and to conserve t ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-14
... and Sharp Island in Sai Kung. -- Contact us at [email protected] TL/AC/FL ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-13
... de of the island’s stock market. The Taiwan Capitalization Weighted Stock Index (TAIEX) was on a sustained climb since August. The benchmark even shot to an 18-month high of 8,857 last Wednesday, prop ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-13
Two US B52 strategic bombers flew near artificial Chinese-built islands in the South China Sea this week and were contacted by Chinese ground controllers but continued their mission undeterred, the Pe ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-13
Taiwan's presidential election frontrunner Tsai Ing-wen saw her Facebook page overwhelmed by a sudden surge of messages from mainland netizens, demanding the island's return to China. But Tsai, who is ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-12
... Hong Kong Island is 50 km around, which means electric buses can travel around it five or six times once fully charged. Air pollution has been a key issue in Hong Kong for some time. The Health Enviro ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-12
... unify the island with the mainland by force. Mao’s adventures on the Korean peninsula, supporting the North against the South and its western allies, helped to cement the Washington-Taipei axis, which ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-11
... st of the island’s sovereignty. All this gave birth to last year’s Sunflower student movement. Ma’s blunders at the meeting may have further made voters believe that the DPP is a more reliable defende ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-10
... hina. The island's presidents take their oath of office in front of a portrait of him. His picture hangs in the Parliament, government offices and schools. The words of the national anthem come from a ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-09
... that the island is part of China and there is no such country as Taiwan or the Republic of China (ROC). Ma Ying-jeou embraced the "one China" concept, drawing massive criticism from the people of Ta ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-09
... Hong Kong Island, the maximum domestic plot ratio permitted for other “density zones” could be raised by around 20 percent as appropriate, after taking into account factors such as traffic and local c ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-07
... ol of the island will be in vain when DPP comes into power. That’s why Xi must meet Ma at such a vital juncture. It’s ironic to see that when KMT is on thin ice, Ma has become the only one who can mil ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-06
... on on the island is less than three months away. Taiwanese will choose which one between Ma's Kuomintang (KMT) and the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will best protect their cheri ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-05
... te Alaska island and in September another flight from Perth was diverted to Indonesia after an engine failed - passengers panicked as they saw flames streaming from a wing. Also this summer, water fro ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-05
... t and the island's political parties on Wednesday to discuss the trip. The White House gave a cautious welcome to the planned meeting. "We would certainly welcome steps that are taken on both sides of ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-04
China suffered a double whammy in the South China Sea last week as the US navy carried out a freedom-of-navigation operation, sending a destroyer to within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in t ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-02
... o another island in search of food. Wong said the animals do not usually attack people unprovoked, so the public need not worry when they see one. Veterinary surgeon Eric Lai said the dragon boat team ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-02
