Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. The same goes fo ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2017年01月12日
Recently Wang Guangya, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, gave a rare interview to the Zijing magazine (Bauhinia), an official periodical published by Beijing. In the interview, Wang ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-05
US President-elect Donald Trump is filling his cabinet with rich people. According to the latest count, his nominees include five billionaires and six multimillionaires. This is what is known as oliga ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-30
American foreign policy is at a crossroads. The United States has been an expanding power since its start in 1789. It battled its way across North America in the 19th century and gained global dominan ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-30
It has been my fourth year collaborating with a local magazine. In each issue I present a recipe and do a cooking demonstration as well. The job is challenging but I love it because I am able to pass ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
I seem to have been jinxed lately. While this should be a welcome opportunity for me to stay at home and write my column, I simply couldn't focus with all the racket coming from a nearby carpark that ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
Since Leung Chun-ying announced last Friday that he would not seek a second term, Hong Kong has been in ferment as candidates step forward to take his place. But in Shanghai, China’s commercial capita ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
For the vast majority of Hong Kong people who are fed up with the intense confrontations and polarization in society under the rule of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, his announcement that he will no ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-15
Chief Executive CY Leung has announced that he will not seek a second term in office, citing family reasons. Leung said he has informed the central government about his decision, public broadcaster RT ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-09
Nearly 40 years ago, when I visited Moscow for the first time, my initial reaction was surprise. The hotels and restaurants were so poorly run that it seemed shocking that the military could be run co ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-08
"No more freedom of speech? No way! Hong Kong has never been so free before," says Mark Peaker. "The past two years since Occupy Central have proven that the kind of tolerance we have in Hong Kong is ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-08
The feud between Leung Chun-ying and Financial Secretary John Tsang is almost an open secret in Tamar. A government source told me that when Leung shocked Hong Kong in July 2015 with his callous sacki ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-05
For centuries, women around the world have struggled for even the most basic rights. The fight for equality has been an uphill climb -- one that is far from over. This is certainly the case in the Mi ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-02
A large grassy pitch is a rare sight in Hong Kong. We used to be told that whenever there’s space, it should be filled with residential buildings to help ease the housing problem. While it’s true tha ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
If you happen to be sitting with two other people right now, chances are one of you is malnourished. And you might not even know it. Yes, that’s right: one in three people worldwide suffer from malnut ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
The United States Federal Reserve could raise interest rates relatively soon, given the encouraging employment and inflation data, the central bank's chief said on Thursday. The results of the US pres ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
Those of you still hoping that the central government can somehow be talked into trusting Hong Kong with so-called genuine democracy, hope no more. It’s gone out the window. Hong Kong’s defenders of d ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-17
Those of you still hoping that the central government c ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2016年11月17日
For most Hong Kong people, Burma is synonymous with Aung San Suu Kyi, the influential democracy and human rights icon immortalized in a movie. Burma made headlines when a magnitude 6.8 earthquake deva ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-11
The State Council, China's cabinet, has issued a new climate plan that targets an 18-percent cut in carbon emissions by 2020 compared to level in 2015. The central government is said to have already d ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-07
