While we already have mature technologies that can replace fossil fuels in many parts of our economy, there are areas where eliminating carbon pollution will be much more difficult. Steel, shipping, a ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-28
Cybersecurity is a top-of-mind priority for almost all businesses today. While the global pandemic has led to a dramatic rise in cybercrime, constantly identifying and fixing the weakest link, be it h ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-27
The planet is heating up – and so are global geopolitics. With less than two months until the crucial United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, the United States and China must comm ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-27
In his keynote speech delivered at the seminar held in September on the Central Government's science and technology policies benefitting Hong Kong, Mr Tan Tieniu, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-27
... l admit that I don’t understand the need for cryptocurrencies at all. Like many economists, I fail to see what problem they solve. They aren’t well designed to fulfill any of the classic functions of ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-27
A delegation from the Central Government recently visited Hong Kong to promote the 14th Five-Year Plan, calling on Hong Kong people to seize the opportunity to integrate with the country’s overall dev ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-26
The government’s policy of self-reliance will reduce the rate of economic growth and drive out foreign companies, a report by one of the country’s most important business groups in China said. The Eur ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-24
A stream of recent data suggests that the global economy is showing signs of stagflation, that odd 1970s-style mixture of rising inflation and declining growth. Those who have noticed it – and there a ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-24
How will the global economy and markets evolve over the next year? There are four scenarios that could follow the “mild stagflation” of the last few months. The recovery in the first half of 2021 has ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-24
On September 29, Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Part ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2021年09月24日
Recent developments in Norway could have momentous implications for climate-related commitments at the UN climate-change conference (COP26) in Glasgow this November. In August, a government-appointed ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-23
On September 29, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will choose a new leader to replace Yoshihide Suga. Whoever wins will favour a strong military line against China and support for Taiwan ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-23
For over 3,000 years, Mid-Autumn Festival has been the second-most important holiday after Lunar Chinese New Year. It dates back to when ancient Chinese worshipped the moon for bountiful harvests. Not ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-21
COVID-19 has sharpened the focus on many challenges with which the world has long been grappling, including rising inequality, insufficient access to adequate health care and education, and climate ch ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-21
The US experienced its worst recorded drought in decades this summer. At its height, the unprecedented aridity extended across more than two-thirds of the continental area of theUnited States, with it ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-21
The northern summer of 2021 has brought a series of record-breaking natural disasters. The list – which includes intense flooding in China and Western Europe, heatwaves and drought in North America, e ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-20
The poet John Keats described a thing of beauty not only as a joy for ever but “a bower quiet for us, and a sleep full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.” I doubt that I am alone in tha ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-20
The 2018 Policy Address put forward the Lantau Tomorrow Vision of which the first phase is the construction of artificial islands of about 1,000 hectares around Kau Yi Chau to provide approximately 15 ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-20
Much of this has been litigated and opined on to the po ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年09月18日
