... economy. We just can’t say when. Nor can we say where. Among the key questions lost amid the flurry of commentary on generative AI is which countries will benefit, and which will not. Will the United ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-15
Why isn't there a McDonald’s outlet on Macdonnell Road? The post went viral at Little Red Book, or Xiaohongshu, over the golden weekend when young mainland visitors were eager to share their unique tr ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-10
Although Britain's global influence has dwindled, its soft power should not be underestimated. The coronation of King Charles III is the latest showcase of its great marketing which, as The Economist ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-10
“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?” Mr. Bennet remarked in Pride and Prejudice. I suppose the same question could be asked of writers, and the s ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-10
When political leaders, and their admirers, claim that George Soros, the Hungarian-American-Jewish philanthropist, is pulling the strings of world affairs, we know that anti-Semitism is not far off. B ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-09
We are raising our youth to become hyper-efficient question-answering machines, but fundamentally constricted askers of questions. For far too long we have equated academic excellence and accomplishme ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-09
... eech last week (April 27) at Tunghai University. “We should use hi-tech to make friends with the world. Many of our politicians do not understand economics, only how to campaign. “Attacking Taiwan is ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-09
Capitalism relies on competition. In practice, however, this core principle is often violated, because ambitious capitalists will naturally seek to eliminate competition and secure a commanding market ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-08
... e being cowed by large corporations and struggling to implement urgently needed reforms, developing countries are in a much worse position. Lured by the often deceptive promise of higher capital inflo ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-05
... t offered Western observers the opportunity to meet China’s new senior leadership, including new Premier Li Qiang. The event also offered Li his first opportunity to engage with foreign representative ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-05
... y 6.3% between 2011 and 2020, outpacing the 4.5% overall growth posted for all four segments between Hong Kong and ASEAN in the same period. Thirdly, deeper trade integration in the region will be ins ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-05
... itions in well-known business schools, such as Srikant Datar, who was appointed as the 11th dean of Harvard Business School in 2021, Madhav Rajan, dean of Chicago Booth Business School, and more. What ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-04
... speakers were all international distinguished scholars. They were Professor Dame Carol Black, a clinician and scientist who has made outstanding achievements in the field of medicine; Professor Steve ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-04
Bad news is tax season is coming. Worse, the Hong Kong SAR government expects a five per cent drop in tax revenue in the financial year ended 31 March 2023, raising fear that we might need to pay more ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-03
... d product were merely offset. The French climate law, passed in 2021 and amended last year, goes further. To claim carbon neutrality, the product must be neutral across its entire life cycle. Companie ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-03
There is something conspicuously perverse about the state of domestic political discourse in Hong Kong. There is an odious, growing tendency to brand all things “Western” as evil, and to celebrate all ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-03
... rld bodes well for China’s corporate profits and cash flows, making it an attractive source of macroeconomic diversification and a compelling destination for equity and fixed income flows over the rem ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-02
