The recent further relaxation of Covid-based restrictions by the current, belatedly enlightened Hong Kong administration came as welcome news to a society that has felt increasingly incarcerated by th ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-20
While the end of the COVID-19 pandemic may be “in sight,” as the World Health Organization recently declared, the world faces numerous emerging health risks. Some are exacerbated by climate change, ot ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-20
The answer seems obvious. After all, it has everything to do with the economic strength and political endurance of the state, surely. The more resilient the economy, the more capable it is at deliveri ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-20
Driven by the zero-Covid policy, slowing economic growth and fear of a cross-Straits war, the migration of Taiwan firms to Southeast Asia is accelerating. They are being encouraged by their government ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-20
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今日信報時事評論Mark O’Neill2022年10月20日
I had the rare pleasure of taking a brief break from work last weekend. So what did I do? I brought along two books – one of which was Kissinger’s latest, Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy, an ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-19
There are indeed quite a lot to handle for a visitor to Hong Kong under the pandemic. As opposed to the travel relaxation by many other countries, we still have the 0+3 self-quarantine, PCR test, mand ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-19
The jockeying for position in the global clean-energy race is underway. The United States joined the field just two months ago with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. Since then, Austria, for ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-19
To spur development and fight climate change, emerging-market and developing economies (EMDEs) will need huge amounts of investment in green infrastructure over the next few decades. But many of these ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-19
Hong Kong Ballet’s offering this autumn was a spectacular double-bill programme “Carmina Burana” last weekend, jointly presented with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. “Carmina Burana” is a cantat ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-18
This November’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) will come at a time of economic and geopolitical turmoil, affecting food security, public health, and more. But the immediate challenge ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-18
Politically, the G7 and likeminded countries around the world have adopted a war footing to stop Russian aggression. Russian President Vladimir Putin violated the most fundamental principle of interna ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-18
When I took my children to receive their polio vaccines a few years ago, I thought about how lucky we are to live in a place where we can access lifesaving interventions with such ease. We didn’t need ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-17
Project Syndicate: In March, you wrote that higher inflation was “inevitable and therefore not regrettable,” because it was “a side effect and a consequence of the robust recovery,” which amounts to a ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-17
For the 2022 Policy Address, I have a few more suggestions as listed below: Smart environment: Fully utilise underground spaces As cities become increasingly crowded, developing underground space to c ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-17
I do not think, as of yet, we are in a Cold War. But we are getting there. For all the talk of financial integratedness and integration, the American and Chinese economies are shifting towards a heigh ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-14
There’s a saying in Cantonese – which translates roughly to “I’ve had more salt than you’ve had rice.” One would be hard-pressed to find the English equivalent – but I guess the closest would be, “I, ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-14
The chess world is reeling from an accusation of cheating that has generated headlines around the world, even drawing a response from Elon Musk. With the situation remaining unsettled and unresolved, ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-14
In 1897, the American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst sent illustrator Frederic Remington to cover the Cuban War of Independence. When Remington relayed that “there will be no war,” Hearst a ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-14
