Inflation has dominated interest rate discussions recently. Despite concerns that COVID lockdown, restricted shipping capacity and supply chain disruptions could continue to create inflationary pressu ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-19
As of early 2022, the fate of US President Joe Biden’s ambitious plan for delivering an equitable and sustainable economic recovery is uncertain. Failure to pass the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better ( ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-19
China has an ageing population problem. This proposition requires some unpacking – more precisely, there are two sub-propositions to consider: The first, is that China’s population is “ageing” – measu ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-18
... Moore Strategic Ventures. This round pushes Bolt’s valuation to US$11 billin, and total funding to nearly US$ 1 billion, according to reports. Founded in 2014 by Eric Feldman and Ryan Breslow, Bolt i ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-18
... COP26 climate summit, Rockström stressed that our planet – “a complex, adaptive, self-regulating biophysical system” – has tipping points which, if triggered, cause “self-enforced drift in the wrong d ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-18
Last month, I identified what I saw as the big issues of 2022, noting that I could not recall a time when there were so many sources of uncertainty, both known and unknown. The main issue was inflatio ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-17
The world’s population exceeded 7.9 billion by the end of last year, and is expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, according to the United Nations (UN). Some experts previously pointed out that the glo ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-17
In December, the people of New Caledonia in the South Pacific voted in a third referendum not to become an independent state but remain part of France. The news was greeted with jubilation in Paris – ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-17
COVID-19 has fueled a surge in online shopping, attested by government data that show a sharp growth in retail sales in Hong Kong for the ninth straight month in October, reflecting the remarkable res ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-17
With cities facing disastrous climate stresses and shocks in the coming years, one would think they would be rushing to implement mitigation and adaptation strategies. Yet most urban residents are onl ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-14
Former US President Donald Trump’s isolationist and protectionist “America First” policies seriously damaged America and its global leadership role. Raising tariffs on imports to the United States – i ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-14
... ers were patrolling the streets of Kabul. Seeing all this, friends asked me: “Whatever happened to soft power?” One answer is that it can be found in other recent events, such as President Joe Biden’s ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-14
... ogged throats from a young age, inculcated in us throug ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年01月14日
... pe perpetrated in the then-Chinese capital by the Imperial Japanese Army. Another teacher, Li Tiantian, who protested against the firing, was punished by being committed to a psychiatric hospital. Ver ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-13
It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. This is a lie – rammed down our clogged throats from a young age, inculcated in us through the most pious means of indoctrination. To serve one’s coun ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-13
Michael Leung and his family were fast asleep in the house they had recently bought in the Midlands of England. He heard glass crashing on the ground floor and went to investigate. When he reached the ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-13
