... Vatican relations. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 and the establishment of formal diplomatic ties between Taiwan and the Vatican, Beijing and the Vatican have been in a s ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-13
... e. But he later realized it was not enough. Wong, now 34, grew up in a humble family, and strove hard to improve his station in life. He excelled academically. He earned seven distinctions when he too ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-20
The Hong Kong government released on June 6 the central allocation for Primary One class seats in local public schools. Parents who saw their kids gain admission into top notch schools were understand ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
Malaysia will protest what it called the intrusion of a Chinese Coast Guard ship into its waters north of Borneo, the Wall Street Journal reported. “This is not an area with overlapping claims," Natio ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
Over the last two weeks, China and the United States moved dangerously close to the brink of war for the first time in almost two decades, but at the annual security forum in Singapore, the two sides ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-02
Land reclamation activities in the South China Sea "fall well within the scope of China's sovereignty", a senior Chinese naval commander said on Sunday, urging other nations not to play up the issue. ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-01
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III is winding back his rhetoric amid growing tensions in the South China Sea that could trigger conflict with Beijing. Aquino played down the prospect of a militar ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-19
When parents scramble to get their young children into so-called "cram schools", it can only mean one thing -- summer is here. In fact, summer classes don't start for another two months, but you could ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-18
... ng, whose last months as police commissioner had been marred by accusations of police brutality. On Monday, a Chinese-language newspaper ran a full-page feature on Lo from his days as a student leader ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-05
Singapore's outlook is generally considered positive as it enters a new era. One reason is its good relationship with both China and the United States, and another is its unique position in the Associ ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
... rvive is playing with fire," Varoufakis told La Sexta, a Spanish TV channel. The interview was recorded 10 days ago, according to Reuters. "Some claim that the rest of Europe has been ring-fenced from ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
The Lands Department has warned a number of mini storage operators that their businesses in industrial buildings violate the land use restrictions for industrial or warehouse purposes as stated in the ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-10
... e Shangri-La Hotel in the 16th Arrondissement for five months, occupying 41 rooms, but at 3:30 a.m. of May 31, 2012, she tried to sneak out of the hotel without paying the tab, Vanity Fair reported. I ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-08
Forensic scientists say they have found the tomb of Miguel de Cervantes, author of the classic novel Don Quixote, nearly 400 years after his death, BBC News reported. They believe they have found the ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
... n western La Rioja province. There were no survivors, Reuters reported Wednesday. Investigators removed the bodies of Olympic swimmer Camille Muffat, yachtswoman Florence Arthaud and boxer Alexis Vast ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-11
... n term "allattateli", which means "breastfeed them", and added that they should not hesitate. As the 20 girls and 13 boys cried in the chapel -- famous for Michelangelo's frescoes and where popes are ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
... ant found last month that there was something strange about the labels on the 50 bottles of wine and confirmed they had been switched. The restaurant, at the Grand Lisboa Hotel -- owned by SJM Holding ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-08
Rescuers have completed the evacuation of a fire-stricken ferry off Greece's Adriatic coast, hauling the last of 400 survivors to safety. Ten people were killed in the disaster and many more are missi ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-30
For the last quarter of the 20th century, the average temperature at the surface of the earth edged inexorably upward. Then, to the surprise even of scientists, it stopped. The concentration of carbon ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-22
Two-division champion Timothy Bradley (31-1, 12 knockouts) will face Diego Chaves (23-2, 19 KOs) in a welterweight bout at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Saturday night. The 31-year-old American is ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-11
