Influenced by Europe's General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), arguably the most robust privacy and security laws in the world, China introduced its Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) in N ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-28
Mining giant Glencore has been extracting copper in the Peruvian province of Espinar for more than a decade. During that time, the presence of toxic metals in the local environment and people has been ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-28
There should be no surprise that one in six Hong Kong people went to the mainland over Christmas holidays. That was according to the data by the Immigration Department, showing some 1.32 million local ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-27
There’s a story I very much enjoyed telling some of my debating students – back when I was an active coach. Consider a close circle of friends, Bob, Mary, Sue, and Thornton. Through years of fraternis ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-27
Whether you’re still on the lookout for inflation head fakes or feeling more optimistic about a soft landing for the US economy, we think it’s a good time to re-evaluate portfolio allocations to the o ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-27
If it is Christmas, it must be “The Nutcracker”. The top ballet companies in New York, London, Paris, and other dance capitals are all performing at this year-end this Tchaikovsky classic which was pr ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-27
On December 19th, the Colorado Supreme Court voted by a 4-3 narrow majority to remove Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot. Pending Trump’s appeal to the US Supreme Court, this ruling would be pl ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-22
... t drivers at play. There are compelling stock valuations and fundamentals in various parts of the investment universe, which supports a constructive view from the bottom up as we enter 2024. Lower cor ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-22
The sun-drenched coral islands and reefs of the Maldives are in existential danger. With 80% of the country’s population living just one meter above sea level, many islands could become uninhabitable ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-21
... lp but breathe a sigh of relief. The successful search of the Fire Services Department (FSD) for missing persons using innovative technology was another demonstration of human-machine collaboration th ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-21
There is no better way to understand modern college students than actually teaching them. Enjoyable is the word I would use to conclude my first semester at United International College in Zhuhai, one ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-20
The debt crisis in low-income countries continues to fester. Meanwhile, the international policy community seems to be losing traction on the problem. Can it recover its grip, or has a developing-coun ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-20
We are at a pivotal moment of technological change. The internet has come a long way since its inception, with new technologies and trends constantly emerging. Throughout human history, technological ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-20
The Western-led global economic order had a bad 2023. Surprisingly, the primary cause was not the emergence of an alternative order led by China, as some had anticipated. Instead, it was internal stre ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-19
It would be no understatement to say that our city is in the midst of a serious mental health crisis. Suicide numbers amongst the youth of this city have almost doubled in less than a decade, to a rec ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-19
... rocedures at airport. In addition, night events can go on until 0400. The official target for visitors from Hong Kong this year is 700,000, down from one million in 2019. In the first four months, the ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-18
Recent events have caused me to return – time and time again – to the harrowing words of Nietzsche: “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if y ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-18
We are currently seeing the comeback of fixed income investments after a historically long, 38-month loss phase for dollar denominated bonds. The time of no alternatives for equities is over, for now. ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-18
2023 has gone by in a flash but, as usual in the world of payments, things haven’t stood still - particularly in the fast-paced and fragmented Asia Pacific payments landscape. Statista forecasts that ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-15
