Global food prices are soaring. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Price Index – which covers a basket of basic food commodities (cereals, meat, dairy, vegetable oils, and sug ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-24
The time for philosophy – is now. The past few decades have seen drastic shifts to what we construe as ‘useful’ or ‘informative’ degrees in higher education – and beyond. From the fixation upon comput ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-24
In reading the titular statement, one may – most natura ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年05月24日
In reading the titular statement, one may – most naturally – think this is a self-evident statement. Surely, if one opposes imperialism – defined here as the subjugation of a party of independent sove ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-23
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change revealed what many had feared but were reluctant to admit: the continued failure to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions means that glob ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-20
美國網絡設備生產商思科系統（Cisco Systems）稱，受到中國疫情封鎖措施及其他供應鏈的干擾，截至7月底 ...全文
Throughout the pandemic, millions of consumers in APAC having shifted from in-branch transactions to online or mobile banking. While initially this shift was born of necessity, it resulted in droves o ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-19
Before Vladimir Putin ordered his army to invade Ukraine on February 24, Lenovo was the second largest seller of personal computers in the Russian market, after Hewlett Packard, and Xiaomi second in m ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-19
Before Vladimir Putin ordered his army to invade Ukrain ...全文
今日信報時事評論Mark O’Neill2022年05月19日
So here’s to the final chapter in the series. We’ve spent the past two articles discussing the myths – and misprojections – concerning education at Oxbridge. I want to end on a more personal note. Man ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-18
Since the second quarter of 2021, inflation in the United Kingdom, the United States, and the eurozone has far exceeded their central banks’ 2% target. This surge could well be explained by the unexpe ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-17
So! Here comes another round of myth-busting. Prior to that, however, let’s be very clear here – I do not take issue with mentors and advisors working with students through the university application ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-17
I get a lot of enquiries these days about studying at O ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年05月17日
Local movie director Chu Yuan passed away earlier. In a lament, film critic Ka Ming recalled Chu's five masterpieces in the 1960s and 1970s. In his remark, Ka criticised that like most old Hong Kong m ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-16
Big shocks to the global economy, such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, understandably capture the most attention. But a new worldwide pattern of “little fires everywhere” may be equally consequential ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-16
筆者與一群七十後土生土長草根家庭長大的友人，都是沒有「父幹」，沒後台背景，幸福地靠努力讀書工作「入五」。我們都 ...全文
COVID-19 has taken at least 18 million lives, and it is anyone’s guess how many of those deaths were due to a lack of medical oxygen. Governments don’t want to talk about the issue, because that could ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-13
When US Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau opened the Bretton Woods Conference almost 80 years ago, he reminded delegates that failures of international cooperation had led to the Great Depres ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-13
Almost all overseas fellows of my age that I know came to Hong Kong during the pandemic only for one reason: to meet their parents as much as possible. But in order to see their parents in person, the ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-12
