Although uncertainty prevails in today’s global energy market, one thing has become clear: Governments are reasserting their central role. The motive is pragmatic rather than ideological, and the deta ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-10
At the end of 2020, Paul Leung and his wife invested NT$6 million in a business in Taiwan, to meet the criteria as an investor immigrant. A year later, they applied for permanent residency but were to ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-10
For the coming Policy Address, I would like to put forward a few suggestions on smart government, smart people, smart environment and smart economy, aiming at Hong Kong’s smooth transition from chaos ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-10
Russia’s war in Ukraine is the most disruptive conflict that Europe has seen since 1945. While many in the West see a war of choice by Russian President Vladimir Putin, he says that NATO’s 2008 decisi ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-10
Just after the People's Liberation Army sent ballistic ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2022年10月08日
For a year now, I have argued that the increase in inflation would be persistent, that its causes include not only bad policies but also negative supply shocks, and that central banks’ attempt to figh ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-07
The travel industry is moving forward with a renewed sense of optimism and new ways of adapting in a post-pandemic world. The lessons learned over the past two years are still just as relevant as they ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-07
Putin is running out of options. More precisely, he is running out of moves he could turn to – short of mounting a full-blown war against Europe and the United States. One that he won’t win. One that ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-07
On great power politics – some say, the East shall prevail; others say, the West shall win out. The presumption underpinning the “X wins, Y loses” logic, is that the nature of hegemonic contests is in ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-06
... e as the consequences of having been born genetically lobotomised. Consider, if you will, the consequences of surgical removal of the frontal lobes of the brain, clinically termed a frontal lobotomy. ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-06
Just after the People’s Liberation Army sent ballistic missiles flying over Taiwan and effectively blockaded the island’s ports in a ferocious show of force in the aftermath of a visit by Nancy Pelosi ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-06
On great power politics – some say, the East shall prev ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年10月06日
In August, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury made it illegal for entities to trade cryptocurrency through a platform known as Tornado Cash. The U.S. go ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-05
Reactionary populism is now the biggest obstacle to tackling climate change. With outright climate denial no longer an option, populist politicians have increasingly positioned themselves as climate d ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-05
Who doesn’t want to be a spaceman for China? Young Hong Kong and Macau patriots are excited to learn that the China Manned Space Agency has started its recruitment process for up to 14 astronauts, inc ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-05
