In March, a train from Jiaozhou in Shandong province carrying new electric vehicles from China reached Koper, the largest coastal city in Slovenia, after a journey of 13,000 kilometres. It was the fir ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-01
According to a new update issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recently, global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, fuelled by heat-trapping gree ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-31
Nothing we can do to stop the early heat wave that hits Hong Kong and China. Except of course you turn on the air-conditioner 24 hours a day, or go to another country. I chose the latter. Here I am in ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-31
The most challenging thing I ever had to learn in life, was to say No. Here in Hong Kong, we are told from a young age that to succeed, we must ‘try our best’, and to be the best at each and everythin ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-31
A megadrought – the worst in 1,200 years – has been ravaging the American West for two decades, fueling wildfires and exacerbating the region’s chronic water shortages. As global temperatures continue ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-30
The tentative deal that was just struck to raise the United States’ debt ceiling won’t make the problem go away. Partisan standoffs over the federal debt limit have become a predictable feature of Ame ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-30
Everything changed in early 2020, when it became clear that COVID-19 was not going to be contained. Suddenly, life in the United States and many other countries came to a near standstill: schools and ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-29
Last November’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, concluded on a historic high note, with the last-minute agreement to establish a “loss and damage” fund. The ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-29
When Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was found to be safe and effective in 1955, following a successful trial involving nearly two million American children, it marked a turning point in the fight against ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-25
The recent failure of two smaller banks, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, has raised concerns about whether we are on the brink of another financial crisis, similar to the 2008 global financial ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-25
Heavy rain poured again this morning in Guangdong and I was stuck at a building near the East station to catch the first high-speed train back to Hong Kong. A security guard approached this puzzled ba ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-24
