I was invited to address a TEDx a couple of weeks ago, here in Hong Kong. After five to six days of back-and-forth deliberation, I settled upon a topic that I thought would be germane, not just for th ...More
EJ Insight2024-02-05
With weak domestic consumption, a faltering property sector, deflationary pressure and low investor confidence, China has one proven way to drive the economy and reach its 2024 growth target of five p ...More
EJ Insight2024-02-05
... tates, as well as against a larger backdrop of sustained scrutiny of college campuses and administrations by American conservative figures. The same confluence of pressures from prominent donors and p ...More
EJ Insight2024-02-02
... In 1981, we could not have imagined this. The men had short hair, a legacy of two years of military service. The economy largely depended on making consumer goods. The transition into electronics had ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-29
... the world we live in is eerie, uncomfortable, and often downright absurd. We live in an era where those who adulate, who practise unctuous sycophancy, have become the primary driving forces of politic ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-29
... cturing powerhouse, regain its mojo after the past four years of tribulations? For answers, we should look no further than the year 1978. A little over 45 years ago, China stood at a crossroads. Fresh ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-29
My book Smart City 5.0, which was published recently, explores how to strike a balance between urban development and nature conservation. The cover photo is of the Oyster Shell Wai Fish Pond in the No ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-29
... 西南航空(Southwest Airlines),一直是美國航班營運者的典範。 西南航空的特有風格使它在美國航 ...全文
... e then, however, the latest monthly inflation data (for December) in the eurozone, the United Kingdom, and the US have surprised on the upside. That has given pause to many policymakers, investors, an ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-23
... lation between the price of living space as measured by ...全文
... nt for Ko Wen-je of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP). In multiple declarations, Beijing made it clear its hatred for Lai, calling him a “dangerous separatist”, and its preference for Hou. But the news ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-16
In the movie M3GAN, eight-year-old Cady is bestowed a ‘gift’ by her roboticist aunt Gemma. The gift was a Generative Android named M3GAN, which was a humanoid robot doll powered by advanced AI, design ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-16
In political sciences, there is often a temptation to separate theory from practice – discreetly. Whilst nominally we would insist that all theoretical models, frameworks, and paradigms ought to refle ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-15