In 1996, I was offered an untenured post in the department of philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. What made the offer particularly attractive is that I could live in a large subsidized flat on ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-23
美國法院法官拒絕Facebook(fb)母公司Meta提出的申訴，表示不會撤回一宗金額達1.75億美元(13. ...全文
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今日信報時事評論EJ Insight貝淡寧2023年02月23日
A recent Twitter spat between influencer Andrew Tate and climate activist Greta Thunberg epitomized the eco gender gap. Tweeting at the activist, Tate – the epitome of a man who views saving the plane ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-16
“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. A story that revolves around a tradition in a small town – “The Lottery”, which, through a purely random mechanism of arbitrary selection, arrives at a particular ind ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-14
As we embark on a new year, I have been reflecting on “resolutions,” and more specifically, what it takes for an individual or a society to be resolute in a world of endless challenges and obstacles. ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-09
An agile, speedy and proud animal, the rabbit can leap over obstacles and maintain its pace as it navigates the complex landscapes it finds itself in. A symbol of longevity, peace, and prosperity in t ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-02
Call it the little blossoming spring, as the local saying goes. From Sun Hung Kai Properties to its rivals to agents such as Centaline, all honchos would say the property market would go up between fi ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-01
Technology will save us! No, it won’t! Whenever the climate-policy debate addresses specific economic sectors, potential carbon-abatement technologies, or energy strategy, the same fundamental questio ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-01
The ongoing volatility in oil and gas markets has come as a shock to many people across the developed world. But its impact on developing countries that rely on producing fossil fuels has been far wor ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-30
Everyone agrees that, after the end of Zero-Covid, China’s economy will recover in 2023. But by how much? Mainstream banks predict GDP growth of between 4 per cent and 5.9 per cent. The Rhodium Group ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-26
Everyone agrees that, after the end of Zero-Covid, Chin ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2023年01月26日
Farming is one of the world’s oldest and most far-reaching endeavors. Meeting the growing food demands of the global population – projected to reach ten billion by 2050 – amid accelerating climate cha ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-25
A specter haunts the way we think about the youth in our city. The specter is a fundamental failure to take their agency seriously. The most obvious means by which this failure manifests, of course, i ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-06
One would be forgiven for thinking that the above is a most mundane proposition. After all, it is clearly true that geopolitics is a universal, all-encompassing, and ubiquitous phenomenon. Yet this st ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-05
A quick recap – there are four propositions that best encapsulate 2022: First, that geopolitics matters – and we are transitioning into an era of global geopolitical flux; Second, that governance matt ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-30
港鐵事故多 出軌再甩卡 港鐵不足一個月內先後發生兩次嚴重事故。先是11月13日港鐵油麻地站列車入站時出軌，4道 ...全文
今日信報獨眼香江2022大事回顧──社會篇2022年12月29日
I could not tell you how odd I feel about winter holidays this year. I got a full booking in the run-up to Christmas, thanks to a further relaxation of social distancing measures yet I could not enjoy ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-28
