... lf as long. According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, "that equivalent of one garbage truck full of clothes is burned or dumped in a landfill every second." Everyone has leftovers in their homes. A ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-13
The dust has now settled after the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, but there are still many unanswered questions about how to finance emissions reductions and adaptation. Th ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-12
In this timeless classic that doesn’t age (just like the diva behind it), Mariah Carey belts, “I don't want a lot for Christmas… There is just one thing I need”. For thousands, if not millions of Hong ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-12
Central banks’ unwavering determination to increase interest rates is truly remarkable. In the name of taming inflation, they have deliberately set themselves on a path to cause a recession – or to wo ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-12
In his narration for the Netflix series Our Great National Parks, former US President Barack Obama describes a sloth as harboring “an entire micro-kingdom” in his fur. “Researching him will help fight ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-09
When I heard that the government had not extended Timothy Owen KC’s visa, Elvis Presley’s version of “Are you lonesome tonight?” began to course through my brain. The saga of the English silk’s applic ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-09
The Earth’s biodiversity and the services provided by healthy ecosystems are under massive pressure from climate change and the challenge of supporting eight billion people in a sustainable way. Key e ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-08
... age of 96. Jiang was by all accounts a remarkable figu ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年12月08日
Former President Jiang Zemin passed away on November 30, at the age of 96. Jiang was by all accounts a remarkable figure. Born and raised in a revolutionary family, adopted by an uncle who died fighti ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-07
Swiftly rising interest rates have punctured the cryptocurrency bubble, exposing fragility, bad governance, and even fraud in many corners, most notably at the crypto exchange FTX. And FTX’s spectacul ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-06
... hina (CPC). Though Xi said he prefers reunification by peaceful means, his objective was clear, and he did not rule out the use of force. Meanwhile, in Taiwan, the share of the population identifying ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-06
The world economy is lurching toward an unprecedented confluence of economic, financial, and debt crises, following the explosion of deficits, borrowing, and leverage in recent decades. In the private ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-05
Infrastructure investment will drive Hong Kong’s economic recovery, the projects will soar to HK$300 billion per year in the next few years,. However, a study by Oxford Global Projects found that mega ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-05
... wn borders. Soft power – an antidote, complement, and associated counterpart to hard power, but rarely the direct product or indirect derivative of the latter: as defined by military or economic prowe ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-02
Leaders of both autocracies and democracies alike put on the impression that their regimes are flourishing – and that their way of governing is best. In practice, setting aside the fact that most of t ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-02
... scal power.” By July 2022, Mallaby was predicting that this age was coming to an end. But, while most major central banks are now reversing quantitative easing (QE) and raising interest rates, China m ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-02
The Northern Metropolis vision was promulgated in the 2021 Policy Address, and the project entails huge investments. In addition to the various infrastructure investments revealed by the Government la ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-02
... st Ukraine. It’s time to break the impasse. On one side are Poland, Estonia, and Lithuania, pushing for a price of no more than $30 per barrel. On the other side are Greece, Crete, and Malta, which wo ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-01
Since the passage of the National Security Law in 2020, Australia has been competing hard with Britain, Canada, New Zealand and other countries to attract talented people from Hong Kong. In the 2021 F ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-01