For eons, humanity has been fixated upon a very peculiar question: is there life beyond Earth? Is Outer Space inhabitable by a large human population? Could there be a planet out there in the universe ...More
EJ Insight2024-05-26
I have the privilege and distinct claim to fame (or infamy) of having spent more time in my life doing competitive debate – than not. Indeed, I gave my first debate speech when I was a wee 12 years ol ...More
EJ Insight2024-05-20
The Eurovision Song Contest is a regular fixture on the European arts and cultural scene – indeed, I’d go a step further and posit that it is an event that would catch the attention of those who are n ...More
EJ Insight2024-05-14
I have long grappled with a quandary to which I have – perhaps unsurprisingly – very little solid ground to fall back on in answering. Indeed, this is a quandary that is shared by many of my fellow ac ...More
EJ Insight2024-05-09
This is not a commentary on any particular, single episode of protests – whether it be the anti-‘reform’ protests in Israel, the pro-Gaza protests in the US, the protests against authoritarian encroac ...More
EJ Insight2024-05-09
“What drives you?” All eyes were on me – the instructor at the front of the class. Before me were thirty eager high-schoolers, ambitious and aspiring, bushy-eyed and cherubic yet by no means naïve. Th ...More
EJ Insight2024-05-03
I was invited to speak at the China Conference hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School this year, on a panel featuring young thought leaders, professionals, and researchers in the US-China space. Whilst ...More
EJ Insight2024-04-24
The subject of censorship is one that is both thorny and intricate. It is thorny, in the sense that few ever explicitly discuss it in places where it is most prevalent; it is intricate, in that censor ...More
EJ Insight2024-04-24
There exists a curious bifurcation in international discourse on China today. On one hand, there are those who prevaricate between either of the following narratives – firstly that China has purported ...More
EJ Insight2024-04-12
The essence of education is defined not by the facts it imparts, but the potential knowledge it inspires students to individually pursue on their own. Put it this way – the ideal form of education act ...More
EJ Insight2024-04-12
I am still in my early days of my academic career. I’d like to think there is much I have yet to learn. In some ways, the best way to learn is to teach. This is not only because teaching is vital in c ...More
EJ Insight2024-03-23
I’m a firm believer that the more you love something, the more you must be honest about it. A citizen’s devotion to their country could take many forms. Some are genuinely devoted – they see the inter ...More
EJ Insight2024-03-23
I spent the morning earlier today at an excellent conference hosted by The Economist, titled “Technology for Change Asia”. The conference promised – and delivered -- the opportunity to deep dive into ...More
EJ Insight2024-02-28
I’ll open with a confession. I have long been a Taylor Swift fan. From ‘Back to December’ to ‘Out of the Woods’, from Reputation to Folklore, there is a lot to love in Swift. And I would most certainl ...More
EJ Insight2024-02-23
I am privileged to be in a position where I can learn from, and be inspired by, incredibly talented, creative, and thoughtful students on a daily basis. Teachers often learn more than students than th ...More
EJ Insight2024-02-23
The war in Ukraine has reached a relative impasse. Neither Moscow nor Kyiv possesses the resources to score a decisive victory. With waning American support in view of both the war in Gaza and the loo ...More
EJ Insight2024-02-05
I was invited to address a TEDx a couple of weeks ago, here in Hong Kong. After five to six days of back-and-forth deliberation, I settled upon a topic that I thought would be germane, not just for th ...More
EJ Insight2024-02-05
A specter is haunting global politics – the specter of adulation and sycophants. This is an era when Taylor Swift deepfakes proliferate, and where AI-generated misinformation on the war in Gaza has be ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-29
The past four years have been incredibly difficult on the Chinese economy. What some (perhaps many, indeed) had expected to be a swift and substantial recovery post-COVID, has fizzled out, giving way ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-29
In the movie M3GAN, eight-year-old Cady is bestowed a ‘gift’ by her roboticist aunt Gemma. The gift was a Generative Android named M3GAN, which was a humanoid robot doll powered by advanced AI, design ...More
EJ Insight2024-01-16
