My very kind and considerate cosmetic surgeon arranged, at very short notice, to excise some basal cell carcinoma from my face, for which purpose he booked an operating theatre at a private hospital i ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-03
After earning my PhD in 1982, I spent the first 20 years of my professional career immersed in the tumultuous world of foreign-exchange markets. Today, current events are bringing back both happy and ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-30
... is the enemy of liberal democracy, just as always saying exactly what you think is not a sign of good manners. But there is a particular kind of left-wing hypocrisy that many people find especially ir ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-30
... are you a myopic CV-chaser, for one, or someone who in fact seeks impacts and contributions towards the world at large over polishing one’s profile (the two aren’t mutually exclusive, but it’s always ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-28
Walking down a Toronto street recently I saw an ad touting a fossil-fuel company’s net-zero credentials. But to see such belief-straining claims, I would not even need to leave my house. According to ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-27
... s when I, myself, am guilty of letting such sentiments overwhelm my writing – and the way I view and imagine this city, which has given me birth, love, and the prospects of daring to think beyond the ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-23
... rainian army and accomplish its vaguely defined, and even more nebulously conceived-of, geopolitical goals in the region. Those who defend Putin with all their might may resort to two possible explana ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-22
There are certainly better times to be a youth in Hong Kong. With skyrocketing property prices, a monolithic economy that is running out of ideas (though by no means growth), and increasingly stiff co ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-16
... . I wrote my MPhil thesis on the damaging and devastating legacy of colonialism; a core part of my research concerns how colonialism exploited and raped the denizens of its rule through symbolic viole ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-16
... hole economy is better off. 可以想像，這單新聞受到傳媒廣泛報道，然而，報道重點卻不 ...全文
... . I wrote my MPhil thesis on the damaging and devastati ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年09月16日
