Kaori Yamaguchi, an Olympic medalist in judo and an executive member of the Japanese Olympic Committee, made an astonishing statement – astonishing, that is, for an Olympic official. She said that Jap ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-11
A century ago, an influenza pandemic killed more people than died in World War I. Today, the COVID-19 pandemic has killed more Americans than died in all US wars since 1945. A big difference, however, ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-02
“There are three kinds of lies,” Mark Twain famously wrote. “Lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Too often, the COVID-19 crisis has lent support to the suspicions Twain’s bon mot expresses. Data are c ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-27
The comedian-philosopher John Cleese exclaimed “You’re offended? Please explain why your inability to control your emotions translates into me having to censor my opinions?” Why is it that our days ar ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-17
美國是否會甘冒與中國爆發災難性戰爭的危險去保護台灣？拜登總統上周明確闡述了觀點。他把中美之間的競爭視為全球民主 ...全文
今日信報時事評論Ian Buruma2021年05月13日
In his recent address to the US Congress, President Joe Biden warned that China is deadly serious about trying to become the world’s most significant power. But Biden also declared that autocrats will ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-10
The only way to end the COVID-19 pandemic is to immunize enough people worldwide. The slogan “no one is safe until we are all safe” captures the epidemiological reality we face. Outbreaks anywhere cou ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-07
If America’s allies were concerned by President Joe Biden’s remarks on foreign policy in his address to Congress on April 28, they had every right to be. Although Biden’s domestic economic agenda coul ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-06
Facebook監察委員會宣布，繼續封鎖美國前總統特朗普的Facebook和Instagram賬戶。 特朗普早 ...全文
Nomadland reveals an America driven apart by sociocultu ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年05月05日
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”, the classic opening lines of Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities can readily be applied to the Two Carries – Lam in Hong Kong and Symonds in London. Th ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-04
Nomadland reveals an America driven apart by sociocultural divides, economic downturn, and the crumbling of communities and neighbourhoods under the weight of gentrification and political polarisation ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-03
The Cold War between China and the United States is extending into many sectors and remote corners of the world -- even Greenland, the world’s largest island of two million square kilometres and just ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-15
