... d to them by the very industries they are charged with overseeing. This dynamic can result in weak regulation and missed policy objectives. Crucially, independent NGOs can diminish this power imbalanc ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-10
... hina fell by 1% in 2022 – the first annual decline in gas consumption in four decades, as the country’s zero-COVID strategy reduced economic activity. The fall in demand for natural gas in China was i ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-10
Hong Kong is stuck. But Macau is strong. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said the economy will grow by over 3 per cent this year, lower than his previous forecast of between four and five per cent ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-09
... affected by stunting. Lack of access to fresh, nutritious food has also contributed to rising obesity levels in many communities, as people have been forced to turn to unhealthy foods. Obesity raises ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-09
... ry – thereby fostering a climate where questions are answered with (constructive) questions. The platonic ideal of debating demonstrates fully the virtues and value of question-asking. The ideal debat ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-08
... capacity by 2030 to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. There is also the question of funding. As part of the declaration, G20 leaders reaffirmed the commitment made by developed countries to mobiliz ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-08
... nch songs by Jacques Brel and choreographed by Ben van Cauwenbergh. Unexpectedly he lit a cigarette to enjoy towards the end of the solo. Marianela Nunez danced the pas de deux from the classic warhor ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-07
... silently by whilst children, non-combatant women and the elderly are being slaughtered. I have to take issue with my noble and learned friends Lord Macdonald KC and Lord Pannick KC when, in their let ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-07
... accorded by Washington to the city’s chief executive, John Lee, who as leader of an Apec member was entitled to attend the San Francisco meeting but who, as someone sanctioned by Washington, was barr ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-07
... is almost by definition a concept that should be untethered and decoupled from the rigidly construed taxonomy of sex; yet they are most certainly facts rooted in social interests and cultural pluralis ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-07
... n neutral by 2050, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) has announced that mandatory disclosures will come into effect on 1 January 2025, with a two-year transition period. However, when 40 percent of ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-06
... d in 1974 by Terry Gou Tai-ming, one of Taiwan’s richest men and one of four candidates for the presidential election in January 2024. In September, Guo stepped down from the company board but retains ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-06
... al emblem by burning, mutilating, scrawling on, defilin ...全文
... s vacated by foreign firms like Renault and Nissan. Six ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2023年11月04日
... nvestment by a state-directed financial system. Meanwhile, artificially low bank interest rates, rising public-sector consumption, and other policy choices deliberately tamp down household consumption ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-03
... dominated by a handful of powerful countries, most of them in temperate regions where water scarcity, severe pollution, and flooding were not considered major issues. The atmosphere at this year’s UN ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-03
... debt held by the public）約26萬億美元，定義上政府欠債較少，但都叫人觸目驚心。 「由公 ...全文
今日信報理財投資前沿思考John Mauldin2023年11月03日
... ges posed by soaring interest rates and the sharp appreciation of the US dollar, none of the large emerging markets – including Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Vietnam, South Africa, and even Turkey – appe ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-02
Recent data from China has shown encouraging signs of further stabilisation. Last week’s Q3 GDP release beat expectations (4.9% vs. 4.5% consensus). GDP growth was supported by strong consumption, whi ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-02
... s vacated by foreign firms like Renault and Nissan. Six factories in Russia formerly owned by European, Japanese and U.S. carmakers which assembled their vehicles are now producing Chinese models or h ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-02
