... g took an East Rail Line train, carrying a a Taiwan-made soft drink in his backpack. When the train arrived at Tai Wo Station at around 7pm, the bottle suddenly exploded, throwing up fragments of glas ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-25
Syrian rebels rolled into one of the Islamic State last strongholds on the Turkish-Syrian border, with Turkish special forces, tanks and warplanes backstopping the charge. A column of at least nine Tu ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-25
... cutive of East-West Banking Corp., one of the top 10 lenders in the country. "The pronouncement of government prioritizing infrastructure spending, accelerating it and cutting red tape, solving peace ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-23
... he former East Pakistan had to fight a bloody liberation war in 1971 before it won its independence and became the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the world’s eighth most populous nation. On the othe ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-23
Environmental group Green Sense is opposing a government plan to axe at least 3,284 trees in the construction of a bicycle trail between Yuen Long and Sheung Shui, the Hong Kong Economic Journal repor ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-22
... e British East India Company, the island had remained uninhabited for more than 200 years until it was proven that it was highly rich in phosphate in the 19th century. After that, the East India Compa ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-19
... mework in East Asia, especially because both of them are facing imminent nuclear threats from North Korea. (Editor's note: the phrase “THAAD Offensive” is borrowed from the term “Tet Offensive”, a maj ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-18
... rritories East and New Territories West, possibly bagging two seats in each of the constituencies. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party, the oldest party in the opposition camp, may retain only one or two ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-16
... rritories East constituency in next month's Legislative Council polls. Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu, a Civic Party lawmaker who is also seeking re-election, demanded that the police department unveil a review ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-11
... ng pad on East 56th Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues. In a video uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday, a man discusses climbing the tower in a message addressed to Trump. He wore a black hooded swea ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-11
... rritories East constituency on behalf of the localist group Youngspiration, revealed Tuesday that his leaflets have won approval from the REO. Leung wrote in a social media post that he cleverly hid t ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-10
... rritories East expressed their opinion on the matter in a by-election in March by giving Edward Leung, a pro-independence supporter, almost 20 percent of the vote. Leung has been disqualified from the ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-10
At a recent public forum featuring candidates for the Legislative Council elections, Bowie Hau, chairman of the Sheung Shui District Rural Committee who is running for a seat in New Territories East w ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-09
... s and at least one arrest, Taipei-based Wild East Magazine reports. A 20-year-old man surnamed Guo crashed his motorcycle in a tunnel in New Taipei City around 11 p.m. on Saturday while playing the ga ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
Authorities in the Russian Far East region are expected to launch the first batch of projects under a newly established agricultural fund during the Eastern Economic Forum next month. “We’ve set up an ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
... ion's Far East region. "The free port of Vladivostok is providing a full range of custom services and tax benefits for foreign investors," Vladimir Miklushevsky, governor of Primorsky Krai, which is i ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
Vladivostok, known to Chinese as Haishenwai (海參崴), is seeking to transform itself from a naval base into a tourist hub offering gaming, shopping and cultural experience to Russian Far East and Asian r ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
... rritories East constituency, where Leung sought to contest in the September polls, had clearly explained to the candidate the reason for his disqualification, Yuen said. Supporting the Basic Law, Hong ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-04
... rritories East constituency was turned down. A returning officer said she was not convinced that Leung had really changed his previously stated position of pushing for Hong Kong independence. Leung ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-03
... rritories East constituency, where Leung aimed to run for a seat, told Leung on Tuesday that his bid was rejected because she believes he will still call for Hong Kong's independence during the campai ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-03
