A few weeks back, I watched one of the most widely anticipated releases of 2024 – Conclave, a riveting political thriller directed by Edward Berger. Without giving too much away, I would settle for th ...More
EJ Insight2025-01-15
The Shakespearean tragedy ‘King Lear’, modelled loosely after the apocryphal Leir of Britain, tells the story of an ageing King who seeks to divide his power and land between his three daughters. Whil ...More
EJ Insight2024-12-18
小羅拔甘迺迪（簡稱RFK Jr.）獲特朗普提名擔任美國衞生及公共服務部長後，因其過去多番對傳統醫療產業以至疫苗 ...全文
I had the fortune of receiving an email, whose name shall not be specified. It was sent to me by a journal with a suspicious title and publisher, with three paragraphs of copious praise piled onto me ...More
EJ Insight2024-10-22
儘管全球輿論仍熱烈討論特朗普與賀錦麗的辯論，然而我們必須認清這場對決之本質：表演。畢竟，評論普遍認為屬勝方的賀 ...全文
To “call out” injustice – the explicit, unabashed, and vigorous confrontation of injustice, underpinned by the conviction of speaking truth to power – is a practice that first gained considerable conc ...More
EJ Insight2024-08-07
I have written many a time on the phenomenon of sycophancy – that is, attempts by individuals to indulge in “insincere flattery” as a means of advancing their own interests. In ancient Greece, the bac ...More
EJ Insight2024-08-01
Over my not particularly long career (thus far), I have had the opportunity and honour of interviewing politicians, statesmen, academics, and thinkers – from near and afar. And what a privileged exper ...More
EJ Insight2024-07-19
Three streams of regional events for the past two fortnights converged to return geopolitical pivoting to dominance. Joe Biden’s TV debate with Donald Trump on June 25, the first of scheduled two roun ...More
EJ Insight2024-07-09
So many questions, so few answers. The million-dollar question: who will win the 2024 US election? No one knows. Is the late British Prime Minister Harold Wilson's famous 1960s quote that a week is a ...More
EJ Insight2024-07-04
So many questions, so few answers. The million-dollar q ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2024年07月04日
David Leung, a Hong Kong man who moved to England this year, has four pieces of advice for those thinking to follow his footsteps. “Have a driving licence, sufficient means, experience of living abroa ...More
EJ Insight2024-07-02
I have the privilege and distinct claim to fame (or infamy) of having spent more time in my life doing competitive debate – than not. Indeed, I gave my first debate speech when I was a wee 12 years ol ...More
EJ Insight2024-05-20
“What drives you?” All eyes were on me – the instructor at the front of the class. Before me were thirty eager high-schoolers, ambitious and aspiring, bushy-eyed and cherubic yet by no means naïve. Th ...More
EJ Insight2024-05-03
Now that the debate over article 23 is over, with the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance having come into effect on March 23, it may be appropriate to look at some of the less discussed issues r ...More
EJ Insight2024-03-27
I spent the morning earlier today at an excellent conference hosted by The Economist, titled “Technology for Change Asia”. The conference promised – and delivered -- the opportunity to deep dive into ...More
EJ Insight2024-02-28
A specter is haunting global politics – the specter of adulation and sycophants. This is an era when Taylor Swift deepfakes proliferate, and where AI-generated misinformation on the war in Gaza has be ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-29
