A friend of mine recently posted close-up pictures online of the dishes on offer at a Fanling eatery that is known for pork knuckles. The images prompted me to make a trip myself to the restaurant. W ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-01
Hong Kong's opposition has said and done many things in the name of democracy. Some of its actions deserve praise, such as its steadfast fight for democracy. I don't think its bottom line of so-called ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-31
Hong Kong's opposition has said and done many things in ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2017年08月31日
What is your company? What does it believe in? What does it they stand for? And why should anyone care? Values are the source code, the DNA that lies at the heart of any organization. It is values, mo ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-28
“Walking 20,000 steps a day” or “losing 50 lbs. in five months” are just fantasies for ordinary office workers in Hong Kong. But miracles do happen. To my amazement, my friend made the impossible poss ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-25
Radio Television Hong Kong is making a huge mistake in silencing British Broadcasting Corp. in the city. In early September the local public broadcaster will stop broadcasting BBC programs. In order t ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-24
I couldn't help but shake my head in disapproval when I saw an uploaded picture of char siu, aka Cantonese barbecued pork, by my friend on social media. The meat slices had a 5 mm. thick bloody red ri ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-18
Following a slide last week on US-North Korea tensions, most stock markets in Asia rebounded on Monday. But don't get over-excited by that. A correction in equity prices is overdue, and I expect downw ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-16
For decades, experts at the US Federal Reserve, academic economists and portfolio managers have been at war with inflation — the phenomenon of price increases without commensurate productivity gains. ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-15
Staring at a big box of chanterelles freshly hand-carried by my friend from a trip to Austria, I could not help but ask myself what to do with them. Do they go with heavy cream or white wine? This car ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-11
What happened in China in 1949? Was it "liberation" (解放) from a corrupt regime and two centuries of foreign domination? Or was it a "catastrophe" (淪陷) that led to a one-party dictatorship whose polici ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-08
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of joining current and former HR directors from Alibaba, Baidu, LeEco and ZJS Express on a trip from Beijing to Fuzhou to study the fundamentals of Wing Chun kung- ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-31
China's Xinhua news agency accused fugitive tycoon Guo Wengui of using "fabricated and distorted information to mislead the public", the latest salvo in a campaign to discredit the billionaire who has ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-28
Queenie Rosita Law became well known to Hongkongers for a truly unfortunate incident in 2015. When she was held captive in a small cave in the wilderness of Sai Kung, fed only with some sausage buns w ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-25
We are all familiar with the physical infrastructure comprising such important facilities as airports, railways, roads and bridges that allow people and goods to be moved from one location to another ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-10
During Leung Chun-ying's five-year administration, Hong Kong-based central government officials played an inordinately pervasive role in local affairs, lobbying in the Legislative Council to gain supp ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-06
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged the continued support of the central government for Hong Kong's development as he spoke highly of the work of outgoing Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. In a short ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-30
