... d that we may as a result be stripped of dignity and respect”. This is the condition that is at once modern – in its instantiation across the advanced and developed world, and post-modern – in its def ...More
EJ Insight2024-02-23
... sworn in May 20. China was apprehensive of a Lai victo ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2024年02月09日
... sworn in May 20. China was apprehensive of a Lai victory. Two days before the election, Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office warned that Lai would push for “separatist activist” and create a “dangerous si ...More
EJ Insight2024-02-06
... K. Russia may also turn to cyber-warfare, information warfare, and general psychological operations to further sway Western opinion in the direction of withdrawal from Ukraine. After all, when the goi ...More
EJ Insight2024-02-05
... tic goons may say. This is precisely why the future rests with those who can straddle specialisation and general competence with ease. Last but not least, I ended my speech by talking about the concep ...More
EJ Insight2024-02-05
... research may not be immediately apparent or may not be apparent to all, but the promise of returns justifies the freedom and security that are afforded to academia. As a society, we negotiate a worki ...More
EJ Insight2024-02-02
... he former may involve explicit falsities (e.g. “The Earth is flat.”), whilst the latter is more subtler and thus harder to detect (e.g. addressing someone as “very beautiful” when one does not in fact ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-29
... a’s diqi. May the logic of bottom-up experimentation and ethos of risk-taking innovation prevail against all odds! ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-29
... e wetland may soon be completely unrecognisable, hinting that it should be replaced with another image that can last with time. However, I think this cover records the existing appearance of the place ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-29
... ve trends may not be sustainable. Markets, too, have had a jittery start to the year. According to the so-called five-day rule (whereby a net gain for the S&P 500 in the first five trading days of ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-23
... power on May 20. “My government will seek consensus with the opposition before implementing policies and consider including people from other parties in my administration,” Lai said. “The elections h ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-16
... e more we may come to realise that what counts for ‘core interests’ varies from context to context, culture to culture. However, the mere existence of variations between societies concerning what exac ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-16
... way, you may hit a junction. Ahead of you lies a large rock that obstructs the high way. To your right is a path off the high way that can take you to the same destination, albeit costing you 10 to 1 ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-15
In November 1860, Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party won the U.S. presidency, beating Democrat John Breckinridge. In May 1861, six southern Democratic states seceded from the union, followed by f ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-08
In their 2019 election manifesto, the British Conservative Party promised to cut annual immigration to less than 220,000 a year. In May 2023, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to reduce it to below ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-29
... spending may improve employment conditions at the margin, but will not be able to offset the weak private sector sentiment that still prevails in sectors that have seen heavy state intervention over ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-29
... New rules may ease cross-border data transfer Fast forward to September 2023. CAC published draft revisions to the rules governing cross-border data transfer (CBDT) for public consultation. If adopted ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-28
... t context may be the key political and economic stakeholders in their states of postings. The second context would then be the public and masses in their target states. The third context to cater to, ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-27
