A divided US Supreme Court gave the go-ahead to an antitrust lawsuit accusing Apple Inc. of forcing consumers to overpay for iPhone software applications, a decision that could lead to billions of dol ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-14
Legislative Council president Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen moved the goalposts when he had Claudia Mo Man-ching ejected from the chamber for accusing Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor of lying. It is a sad indictm ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-10
Ever since the government put forward its proposed amendments to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance, it has insisted that the initiative is aimed at addressing the suspected murder committed by Hong Kon ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-10
The effectiveness of China’s efforts to brainwash Uighurs and Central Asian Muslims in the troubled northwestern province of Xinjiang may be tested. With the recent release of 40 Uighur wives of Pakis ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-07
Japan is taking 10 days of holiday to celebrate the new era of Reiwa (令和) and the enthronement of the first Emperor in 30 years. Naruhito took over from his father Akihito on May 1. But one person is ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-06
The problem is staggering, even existential. Global emissions of greenhouse gases – especially carbon dioxide – are rapidly driving up global temperatures, transforming life as we know it. If those te ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-02
Once again, the highly divisive issue of Article 23 national security legislation has resurfaced in our politics. It went into a deep sleep in 2003 after a mass protest against the proposed law. There ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-25
Britain will allow Huawei Technologies a restricted role in building parts of its 5G network, seeking a middle way in a bitter dispute between the United States and China over the next generation of c ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-25
Once again, the highly-divisive issue of Article 23 nat ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2019年04月25日
In recent days, one of the most repeated messages among European financial analysts has been this: “we are in a global slowdown“. The sentence, however, hides important nuances and very relevant diffe ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-23
Many media experts have pooh-poohed the move by Jimmy Lai Chee-ying's Next Digital to implement a subscription model for its flagship Apple Daily's online edition, arguing that readers simply won't pa ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-17
In China, "996" has become a buzz word. The term refers to 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week, the work schedule of many employees of technology firms in the country. Alibaba’s founder Jack Ma has hail ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-17
Richard Liu, the founder of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc, has weighed in on an ongoing debate about the Chinese tech industry’s grueling overtime work culture, lamenting that years of growth ha ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-15
Kids, what do they know? If you only read certain segments of the media you might think the young generation are spoiled, entitled, and stuck on their phones. That’s what many people from older genera ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-12
The “Green New Deal” (GND) proposed by progressives in the United States cannot be achieved in isolation. To tackle climate change and inequality together, all countries will need to agree to new rule ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-10
During Chinese leader Xi Jinping's state visit to Italy last month, Rome signed a preliminary deal to join the 'Belt and Road’ program, becoming the first G7 entity to participate in the Beijing-led i ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-09
Australian casino giant Crown Resorts said on Tuesday it has received an indicative A$10 billion (US$7.1 billion) takeover offer from Las Vegas’s Wynn Resorts, Reuters reports. A sale would mark an en ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-09
On Wednesday last week, the Democratic Party “fired the first shot” against Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and asked her to step down. The Democrats said her proposed amendments to the Fug ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-08
Displaying a degree of courage and clarity that is difficult to overstate, US senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has taken on Big Tech, including Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple. ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-02
Boeing took its most aggressive moves yet to defend its core 737 airliner franchise, saying it had developed software fixes to prevent failures of an automated flight control system that is being scru ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-28
