China has positioned weaponry on one of the artificial islands it is developing in the South China Sea, the Wall Street Journal cited an unidentified American official as saying Thursday. US surveilla ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-29
Shui On Land Ltd. (00272.HK) has shelved plans to spin off China Xintiandi Co. Ltd., saying it's looking for other options. The company had wanted to hive off the commercial property unit which owns a ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-28
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Washington's pledge to defend the Philippines remains "ironclad" and called for an end to land reclamation in the South China Sea, AFP reported, citing official ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-28
The United States on Wednesday called for an "immediate and lasting halt" to land reclamation activities in the South China Sea, while urging China and other nations to seek a peaceful resolution of t ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-28
A Chinese state-owned newspaper said Monday “war is inevitable” with the United States over the South China Sea unless Washington stops demanding Beijing halt the building of artificial islands there. ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-26
... undertook land reclamation activities in disputed territory. The tropical sea is rich in oil, natural gas and fisheries, while also being part of major international marine shipping routes. Ma's lates ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-26
... efs and islands, Reuters reported. The document comes as tensions rise over China's increasingly assertive posture in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, where Beijing has engaged in land recl ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-26
... airport island. It would be a tremendous waste of space if the project was not built, he said. In 2013, there were reports of disagreement between Lo and the late former Airport Authority chairman Mar ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-26
... apply the Land Resumption Ordinance (LRO) and seek to forcibly acquire the unit. If that's really the case, Koslow plans to seek a judicial review. "It is shameful for the government if it is really d ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-22
... h of that land is desert. “We woke up to find them patrolling the city... there were more than 200 soldiers’ corpses thrown in the streets,” said an opposition activist in the town, who goes by the na ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-22
... tion, mainlanders were desperate for a way out. Swelling numbers of illegal immigrants at the border were threatening the stability of Hong Kong, and it needed more manpower urgently. The enlistment ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-21
... nt use of land resources. Introduced in 1972, SHP allows an indigenous male villager who is at least 18 years old and who is descended through the male line from a resident in 1898 of a recognized vil ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-20
... s used to land the illegal immigrants on Lamma Island or Lantau. -- Contact us at [email protected] TL/AC/RC ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-20
... Spratly islands, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing Admiral Michelle Howard, vice chief of US naval operations. The US patrol this month was the first time a littoral combat ship operated in waters ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-20
On the Western bank of Danube River, near the border between Serbia and Croatia, a new micronation called Liberland was founded on April 13. Czech scholar Vit Jedlicka established the country on a tin ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-20
With property prices continuing to rocket upward, the Hong Kong government has been seeking to boost supply through various means. Development of Northwest New Territories and fresh land reclamation e ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-19
... n the mainland. Although China's current leader, Xi Jinping, is a diehard football fan, no one harbors any illusion that the nation has a chance in any major global tournament. That is, however, not d ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-19
... Resources Land Ltd. (01109.HK) have led to a mediocre performance in their stock prices, even though some shares were sold to prominent investors like Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. founder Jack Ma Yun an ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-19
... ecoming a landlord is the most unproductive thing to do for the economy as a whole,” Cho went on. "Nowadays, people are still being proud of having property tycoons like Li Ka-shing and Lee Shau-kee i ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-19
... d China’s land reclamation projects around the disputed Spratly Islands, to which Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam also lay claim. Last week, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario made a hi ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-19
