... Italy are two stand-out examples of this trend from the past few decades, but they are hardly alone. Among others, China, South Korea, and most of continental Europe are in the same boat. While immigr ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-09
... the next two generations. We are in this mess precisely because coal and oil interests had enough social and political power to delay the transition to zero-emissions energy. Worse, segments of the s ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-09
Emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) are feeling the financial squeeze. Two-thirds of low-income countries are already in or at high risk of debt distress, Russia’s war in Ukraine is comp ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-08
... 021" held two years ago, which aimed to promote the adoption of digitalisation to improve productivity, quality, sustainability and safety in the industry, the first "Hong Kong Construction Common Dat ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-08
... abbing of two young female victims in Diamond Hill last week, by pledging that he would bolster the disciplined services and health and welfare bureaus’ responses to the ongoing mental health pandemic ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-07
... l debt in two: claims by China ExIm Bank were deemed sovereign (and received the equivalent of financing assurances), while those of China Development Bank (CBD) were lumped together with commercial d ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-06
... one year. Two friends, also Hong Kong nurses who had moved earlier to Taiwan, received PR four months after filing their applications, even though they were not working as nurses in Taiwan and were no ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-05
... the past two weeks, officials at the world’s most powerful and influential central bank have signaled a range of possible actions, from hiking rates again to “pausing” or “skipping” this round and re ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-02
... unds have two distinctive characteristics. First, foreign funds play a significant role in the sector, offering international expertise and market reach. The problem now is that, amid rising geopoliti ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-02
... that the two countries share a long border, much of which is disputed. Thus, even if India does not become a formal ally to Western countries, it will continue to position itself as an independent, r ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-01
A megadrought – the worst in 1,200 years – has been ravaging the American West for two decades, fueling wildfires and exacerbating the region’s chronic water shortages. As global temperatures continue ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-30
... then used two years with razor-thin legislative majorities to pass generational changes in policy that promise to affect the country for years. The Republicans want to revisit some of these changes. D ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-30
... ound that two out of five families could cover their expenses for less than a month if they lost their main source of income. One in five could cover expenses for less than two weeks. As the bottom fe ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-29
When Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was found to be safe and effective in 1955, following a successful trial involving nearly two million American children, it marked a turning point in the fight against ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-25
The recent failure of two smaller banks, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, has raised concerns about whether we are on the brink of another financial crisis, similar to the 2008 global financial ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-25
Heavy rain poured again this morning in Guangdong and I was stuck at a building near the East station to catch the first high-speed train back to Hong Kong. A security guard approached this puzzled ba ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-24
... of coffee two blocks away, which helps you reach your daily goal of walking 30 minutes, or it will encourage you to have dinner before eight o'clock so as to fulfil the weight loss plan. The app incor ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-24
... es of the two world wars to the callous destruction of human lives at the hands of genocidal dictators, the world has witnessed a few too many tragedies for us to not take such episodes seriously. On ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-24
... ibuted to two primary factors. First, mortgage rates have stabilised, albeit at elevated levels. As a result, financing costs and housing affordability are at least no longer deteriorating. Second, th ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-23
