These days, it’s trendy to talk down Hong Kong. After all, who doesn’t enjoy trashing a city that has seen, in the span of four to five years, unprecedented political turmoil, a pandemic that has left ...More
EJ Insight2023-09-18
Throughout human history, raw materials have played a key role in economic development, international relations, and the destinies of entire nations and civilizations. From precious metals (silver and ...More
EJ Insight2023-09-15
A reasonable society ought to make provisions and accommodation, such that any and all reasonable preferences, tastes, opinions, and needs, can be reflected by the way people are treated by the laws a ...More
EJ Insight2023-09-12
Last Friday saw Hong Kong hit by one of the worst, if not downright the worst, rainstorms it has endured in recorded history. 158.1mm of rain was recorded at the Observatory headquarters between 11pm ...More
EJ Insight2023-09-11
I often travel past a small noodle shop on Bonham Road which found itself the centre of much unwanted attention recently. For many years, the shop has been a favourite haunt of construction workers on ...More
EJ Insight2023-09-07
Today, any conversation about artificial intelligence (AI) is bound to include the emergence of ChatGPT, a widely used chatbot built on OpenAI’s GPT series of large language models (LLMs). However, ac ...More
EJ Insight2023-09-06
In July 2019, the United Kingdom’s foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, launched a global campaign for media freedom at a London conference co-organized by the Canadian government. “Today, we are joined by ...More
EJ Insight2023-09-01
“The world, as we know it, is becoming increasingly multi-polar.” This is a proposition oft-trotted out to describe or highlight the significance of events such as the ongoing BRICS Summit in Johannes ...More
EJ Insight2023-08-25
Wang Li graduated from university with a degree in political science and public administration. Now she is working in Guiyang, southwest China, as a live-in domestic help. It is not her first choice, ...More
EJ Insight2023-08-15
In conversations with friends and colleagues I often hear the question, “What do the youth make of this?”, or “What, really, do the youth want?” As I have argued elsewhere in my assessment of events r ...More
EJ Insight2023-08-11
初選案踏入第102日審訊，不認罪被告鄒家成供稱，中華民族此概念為宣傳工具，旨在合理化對港人利益的損害，香港民族 ...全文
