... re mostly western democracies such as Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and the Netherlands. In contrast, the top 10 countries with the least press freedom according to the Heritage Foundation index ar ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-05
... . In most western countries, affordable and convenient domestic help is not available.” The main beneficiaries have been educated women. By the mid-2000s, over half of married mothers with a college d ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-04
... trayed by western media as “neo-colonialist” which is aggressively exploiting raw materials in poor countries in order to fuel its own economic growth. However, despite the impressive figures of inwar ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-02
... ients for western food. Those in Wan Chai sell specialty products. One thing that makes these markets interesting is that you can buy different ingredients in different seasons. The kinds offered by t ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-28
... to enlist Western countries in its efforts to return corruption suspects, with many proving reluctant to sign an extradition treaty with China, pointing to its poor rights record and opaque criminal p ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-28
... stern and western New Territories. However, such plans still exist largely only on paper. For example, construction work of the trail that connects Tsuen Wan and Tuen Mun was supposed to begin in 2011 ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-25
... ee in the western region. The government has pledged preferential policies in financing, investment, land and other areas for these cities. As to land policy, cities with demonstration zones are encou ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-24
... y, as the western media have rarely reported them over the years. There are currently three leading opposition groups in Syria, namely the Syrian National Council (SNC) backed by the West and Turkey t ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-21
... Syria by Western backed coalitions, claimed Thursday's shooting via its Amaq news agency, naming the attacker as Abu Yousif the Belgian. The claim came quickly and the naming of the assailant suggest ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-21
... oward the Western Pacific. "The president said that we have an armada going towards the peninsula. That's a fact. It happened. It is happening, rather," White House spokesman Sean Spicer was quoted as ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-20
... a list of western European countries scheduled to hold elections this year. Votes in France in April and May, and in Germany in September, have the potential to reshape the political landscape around ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-19
North Korean state media warned on Tuesday of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of American aggression, as a US Navy strike group steamed toward the western Pacific. "Our revolutionary ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-12
Postal authorities have decided to shut an outlet located along Queen's Road in the Central and Western District as it was felt the facility was unviable. According to Hongkong Post, the post office ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-11
... not a few Westerners who were once critical of China. The Obama administration was thus pushed to counter China’s growing say in the Western media and discourse. US trips and royalties Indeed, Washing ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-06
... or Assad. Western countries, including the United States, blamed Assad's armed forces for the worst chemical attack in Syria for more than four years. US intelligence officials, based on a preliminary ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-06
... vision of Western Police station is handling the case. The woman has been detained for theft. According to Apple Daily, the mansion was bought by mainland businessman Liang Liangsheng, founder of Hong ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
A suspected Syrian government chemical attack killed scores of people, including children, in the northwestern province of Idlib on Tuesday, Reutes reports, citing a monitoring group, medics and rescu ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
... it of the Western District police station. A source said the camcorders had taken photos of quite a number of students because the gadgets had been installed for quite some time. The police are trying ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-03
... ge in the western media. For example, the New York Times published a commentary titled “Carrie Lam Wins Vote to Become Hong Kong's Next Leader”, in which the author said many people in the city were f ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-31
... ng across Western Europe, the EU leadership in Brussels is anxious to avoid encouraging others in the 28-member bloc to bolt. At the same time, May faces threats by Scottish nationalists to call a new ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-21
