... people between ages 15 to 24 there have been between 900 to 1,000 deaths by suicide every year over the last decade. Unquestionably, the restrictions imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic effected disa ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-15
I cannot say I know former Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Chief Executive Paul Chow Man-yiu well. In fact, I could not recall if I ever had an interview or a story about him. But I attended his annu ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-14
Fiction writers have long imagined scenarios in which every human action is monitored by some malign centralized authority. But now, despite their warnings, we find ourselves careening toward a dystop ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-14
... utely in awe. The rich history and adversity associated with ascending this iconic mountain only add to its allure. Summiting Everest becomes a surmountable challenge to a few and only a deep sense of ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-13
... al change we are now experiencing threatens to split the world order in two. A key sign of this is the decision by much of the Global South to support – or at least refuse to condemn – Russia’s full-s ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-13
The financial markets have weathered significant storms since the onset of the pandemic in 2020, not least among them the recent turmoil in the banking sector in the United States and Switzerland. Giv ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-12
With the world on track to exceed 1.5° Celsius of warming in the next decade, we can expect climate hazards to intensify, driving millions more into famine, causing trillions of dollars in damage, and ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-12
... entiment. We’ve seen reshoring and nearshoring booms that have taken advantage of the country’s geographical supply chain benefits and competitive rates for highly skilled labor, along with the countr ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-09
Hardly a week goes by without various pioneers in artificial intelligence issuing dire warnings about the technology that they introduced to the world. I got an early glimpse of this emerging pessimis ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-09
Some of us are more optimistic than others about the future. We optimists recognize that it is still possible to escape from the traps that America’s Second Gilded Age has laid. During a gilded age, p ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-09
... f extreme weather is set to increase. And yet, with limited fiscal space and poor access to international markets, EMDEs are unable to invest in climate resilience as needed. As a key multilateral bod ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-08
... s. All is well. Yet my American friend remains dissatisfied. He sees the White House’s approach to China as fundamentally untenable, undergirded by a combination of aimlessness, restlessness, and Quix ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-08
... E Awards) were co-organized with the Development Bureau in 2022 to recognise local projects and organisations that best utilize Common Data Environment (CDE) to improve project management, productivit ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-08
Here is one reason why we call a lady a “miss”. According to the findings of the latest Physical Fitness Survey for the Community, 85 per cent of girls in Hong Kong thought they had enough exercise. B ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-07
The events that have unfolded over the past few days, no doubt have weighed on the minds of many of us. Many of us, qua Hong Kongers. Qua citizens who love this city dearly. And que folks who may pers ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-07
In recent years, investors have become accustomed to a significant impasse facing emerging market sovereign debt restructurings. China’s role as a major creditor owes to its Belt-and-Road initiative ( ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-06
... cross the Western world have been touting “friend-shoring” and other forms of decoupling from China. Most of these descriptions are new variants of an old mantra: Stop the world – I want to get off. Y ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-06
