... ent with ‘Western’ counterparts – and the embracing of values or tropes that may well be alien or inimical to the values espoused by many who hold more ardently nationalistic views. My pitch was rathe ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-04
... logical power to advance that objective.” The Pentagon thus refers to China as its “pacing challenge.” Now that Chinese President Xi Jinping has used the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-04
This past week has been a rarity of sorts in Hong Kong – with the FinTech week, Financial Summit, a summit on the city’s relations with ASEAN coalescing around the same five days or so, and the Rugby ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-03
There were many new initiatives and KPIs pertaining to the arts, culture and creative industries in Policy Address 2022. And it would be hard to miss the Government’s emphasis on ‘industry development ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-03
... ld War between China and the United States, its two largest customers. China accounted for 17 per cent of its revenues in 2020, 10 per cent in 2021 and 8 per cent in the third quarter of this year. Wa ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-03
... ld War between China and the United States, its two lar ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2022年11月03日
Pesticide residue can be found everywhere: in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink. A growing body of evidence suggests that herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides cause appro ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-02
The old line that “history does not repeat itself, but often rhymes,” is an apt description of the evolving relationship between the West and its rivals. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union was a gl ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-31
In October 2021, two tractors with a large chain stretched between them cleared more than 2,000 hectares of forest in the Brazilian Cerrado, one of the world’s most biodiverse areas. Tragically, such ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-31
In the coming Hong Kong FinTech Week, the highlight is the government's stance and policy statement for the development of virtual assets in Hong Kong which is expected to clear the regulatory uncerta ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-31
... ng great, we're all better for it.」當時朱克伯格好不光榮，神采飛揚，面上發光 ...全文
My second favourite Billy Joel offering – save from the (in)famous ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’ – is ‘Vienna’. The lyrics begin as such: Slow down you crazy childYou're so ambitious for a juvenile For a ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-28
... Together, we have an extraordinary opportunity to change the world we live in.” While Chopra Jonas was referring to the fight against climate change, that sentiment could apply to many other global is ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-27
One of the questions I get asked most frequently is, “How can we help the youth of Hong Kong?” Alternatively, “Is there hope still for the youth of Hong Kong?” The standard answers by many to such que ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-27
... ly (which we think is unlikely). Hence, a reduction of bond holdings from its Asset Purchase Programme (APP) is the most straightforward way to achieve the objective. Although nothing concrete has eme ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-26
... days and weeks produce a big surprise, I see growing dilemmas emerging for Xi and the CPC. In the BRICs analysis (the purported rise of Brazil, Russia, India, and China) that my then-colleagues and I ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-25
... on.• Amid weakening demand and contracting margins, corporate balance sheets appear increasingly vulnerable. Financial market crises tend to feel similar as they usually cause a broad de-rating in val ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-25
... tion is a welcome signal to the market, presently plagued by sluggish economic sentiments. Noteworthy is the government’s intention to facilitate cross-border data transfer between the Mainland and Ho ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-25
