... Falkland Island inhabitants … may be EC citizens, how could Brussels … seriously object to the inhabitants of Hong Kong, particularly if they were living in the Magilligan area?” Fifty Chinese famili ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03
China has almost finished building a 3,000-meter-long airstrip on one of its artificial islands in the South China Sea's disputed Spratly archipelago, Reuters reported, citing new satellite photograph ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
... n Italian island of Lampedusa was one of the worst recorded in the decades-long history of people fleeing war and poverty in Africa on rickety boats bound for Europe. Since the 2013 shipwreck, which p ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
... man-made island you just built. It’s also as ludicrous as China’s gay conversion therapy clinics—where patients are “cured” of same-sex romance with electroshock. The Global Times, owned by Communist ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-30
Japan's military will consider joining US forces in regular patrols in the South China Sea, as concerns grow about Beijing's island-building activities in disputed waters, a top Japanese uniformed off ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-26
... Hong Kong Island cost HK$13,517 (US$1,743) psf in April, up 270 percent from HK$3,638 in 2005. Leung has promised around 20,000 private housing units will be completed next year, outnumbering the aggr ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
I recently read an American magazine article about O’ahu. O’ahu is the most populous island in Hawaii – the island that includes Honolulu and landmarks like Pearl Harbor and Waikiki Beach. A heading i ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-22
Taiwan plans to send people to Hong Kong and Macau next month to publicise a new scheme to attract entrepreneurs and innovators to emigrate to the island. On June 11, the Ministry of the Interior anno ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
Hengqin island in the southern city of Zhuhai is Macau's nearest neighbor. Instead of trying to compete with Macau, Hengqin thrives by playing a complementary role to Asia’s gaming hub. Hengqin has be ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
Hung Hsiu-chu, considered the second most powerful person in Taiwan’s legislature, is poised to represent the ruling Nationalist Party in the 2016 presidential election, paving the way for the island ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-15
... ad of the island's presidential election in January, Reuters said, noting that Taiwan's pro-independence party, the Democratic Progressive Party, has a strong chance of retaking power. In March last y ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-15
... North and Island East soon. However, these facilities can only satisfy some of the existing demand, and further supply of public niches exists only on paper at this stage. The government’s failure to ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-13
... d Spratly Islands and constructing runways capable of accommodating fighter jets. When contemplating these initiatives, it is important to take a nuanced view. There is no doubt that China’s new islan ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-12
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter repeated Washington's call for a halt to land reclamation in the South China Sea even as he said the Pentagon remains committed to expanding military contacts with Chin ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-12
... te on the island. The measures go far beyond those of Hong Kong -- strict approvals by various departments, mortgage ceilings, residence restrictions and security checks. The measures have kept the nu ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-10
... e Paracel Islands. In the following four decades, rows have escalated in the troubled waters between China and several neighboring countries. Now major powers, mainly the United States, Japan, Austral ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
Cashed-up Chinese are targeting private resort islands in Fiji. They are planning to spend tens of millions on prized real estate in the South Pacific island country, Apple Daily reported Tuesday, cit ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
... ports. An island with a population of only 22 million, Taiwan relies on exports, which account for nearly 70 per cent of its gross domestic product. Taiwan's Ministry of Education said the number of s ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
... h Pacific island of Niue. -- Contact us at [email protected] RA ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-08
... on Lantau Island after being struck by a sudden gust of wind, it said. The man, who was identified by his surname Ho, was paragliding with his friend at Pak Kung Au at about 1 pm. He was supposed to l ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-08
