It is now well known that SARS-CoV-2 can mutate to evade vaccine protection against infection. The Omicron variants – BA.1, B1.1, and BA.2 – can infect those who were previously infected by other vari ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-21
Every year since 1947, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – founded by Albert Einstein and scientists from the Manhattan Project who helped develop the atomic weapons used at Hiroshima and Nagasaki ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-18
Russia’s war in Ukraine is tragic, infuriating, and unspeakably sad. It is also an unexpected turning point for environmentalism. Until a few days ago, climate change topped the global agenda, with sc ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-18
Two years since the surge in adoption of digital payments, shoppers have seamlessly transitioned to their day-to-day use, with online payments becoming second nature for those buying goods and service ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-17
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to cause more disruption to the global food system by dramatically increasing the cost of staple foods and the energy required to transport them. The Black Sea r ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-17
Going beyond the headline figures of rising temperatures and sea levels, the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) captures the full scale of the threat to human life ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-16
“I’ve been through this movie many times before, in many different eras, and Hong Kong always bounces back,” says Allan Zeman, founder of the LKF Group. Here, the tycoon talks to Tatler about why he t ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-16
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Now that addressing climate change has become a top priority worldwide, economic policymakers and corporate strategists alike are embracing sustainability goals – most notably, “net-zero” greenhouse-g ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-15
The COVID-19 Omicron variant has swept through Hong Kong, severely impacting economic and social activity in the city. The government’s COVID-19 restrictions to battle the city’s worst outbreak have c ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-15
It is estimated that the total length of underground utility services network in Hong Kong is 100,000 km, which is at least 47 times the length of the roads. At the same time, the Director of Audit’s ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-14
For months, foreign businesses have been asking the government to ease its quarantine restrictions and open the city to the outside world. Now the local business community has added its voice. Earlier ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-14
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is radically redrawing the global economic, political, and security landscape. Politically, it is pushing Russia away from Europe. It has redoubled NATO members’ commitmen ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-14
China’s latest national population census revealed some interesting demographic trends. The country has 264 million people aged 60 and above, which equates to 18.7% of the population, considerably hig ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-11
The decision by many multinational corporations to exit Russia, after decades of engagement between global business and Russia’s state-dominated economy, indicates that investors can no longer rely on ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-11
When COVID-19 lockdowns began, the importance of affordable childcare suddenly became a lot clearer to many more people, especially working women. Last year, women spent three times as many hours as m ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-11
In the space of a single day, February 28, Vladimir Putin’s “Fortress Russia” collapsed. The ruble plunged by about 30%, and Russian authorities closed all financial markets. Russians raced to ATM mac ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-10
Images of plastic pollution in the ocean and on beaches are now commonplace, and the problem is likely to get worse. Last week, the OECD’s first Global Plastics Outlook revealed a dramatic increase in ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-10
