... into the island amid thawing cross-strait relations. On Wednesday, Taipei said it will allow residents of a further 11 Chinese cities to visit on individual permits from April 15. That will bring t ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
... Okinawa island hosts the bulk of US service personnel stationed in the country. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki did not confirm any specific threats to Kennedy and Magleby but she said in a s ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
One-third of people in Hong Kong think Taiwan should work toward independence. It's the highest number since 1994 when 36 percent of Hongkongers said the island should do so, Apple Daily reported Wedn ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
... and South Island Line, the report said. These have been exacerbated by a lengthy approval process for a joint customs checkpoint, Leong said. At the end of last year, only 66 percent of construction w ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
Aid workers who have reached Vanuatu reported widespread devastation after a "monster" cyclone tore through the Pacific island nation. Authorities have declared a state of emergency. With winds of mor ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-16
A set of pictures showing "Chinese" women washing their feet and sandals in public wash basins on Phi Phi Islands, a famous tourist resort in Thailand, went viral on China's social media recently. Net ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-13
... V School, Island School and Sha Tin College. The IGCSE, developed by University of Cambridge International Examinations in the 1980s, is a specialized English-language curriculum for students aged bet ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-12
... dge of HK Island -- Contact us at [email protected] RA ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-11
... ng Lantau Island or building shopping malls at the border, for example. Translation by Vey Wong [Chinese version] -- Contact us at [email protected] VW/JP/CG ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-11
Authorities at Naha airport in Japan's Okinawa Island were forced to delay or cancel several flights on Monday following a security scare involving some Chinese transit passengers, reports say. The in ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-11
... ople, the island's democracy system is also an attraction for visitors and potential immigrants, he said. Taiwan's biggest advantage is its people, rather than the island's natural scenery or historic ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-10
... n Spratly Islands in the past two years, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. “This construction does not target or affect anyone,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. “We are not like some countries w ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
... ty's High Island Reservoir, built in 1979 in a narrow strait in Sai Kung, has a capacity of 280 million cubic meters; Shenzhen Reservoir, which supplies water to Hong Kong and Shenzhen, has a much sma ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
... the South Island to spy on allies in the region, BBC News said. The bureau collected phone calls, emails and social media messages from the Pacific nations and shared the data with other members of th ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
... hilippine island of Visayas, according to Live Science. "Mr. Allen has been searching for the Musashi for more than eight years, and its discovery will not only help fill in the narrative of WWII's Pa ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
... ow entire islands with airstrips, helipads, harbors and facilities to support large numbers of troops. To tip the operational balance of power in its favor, China has dredged millions of tons of rock ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-04
Alibaba Group said it will seek to resolve the issues in Taiwan after being told by the island's authorities to withdraw from the market within six months for breaching investment rules. Taiwan's Inve ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
... re on the island republic to work harder for growth. Meanwhile, affluent mainland tourists and property buyers with deep pockets have pushed cost of living higher in an economy not prepared for such a ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
... when the island was ceded in 1895 under the Treaty of Shimonoseki. After non-military officials assumed the governorship, liberal policies were adopted. Japan's universities were given substantial au ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
The Hong Kong government plans to add 16 new sites in its land sale program for the coming fiscal year that begins in April, but none of those plots will be on the main Hong Kong Island, Ming Pao Dail ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-27
