Nearly one in three Americans was under orders on Sunday to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as Ohio, Louisiana and Delaware became the latest states to enact broad restriction ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
Members entering the Pure Yoga studio at the back of the Peninsula Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui have their temperature taken first at the entrance of the building and a second time when they enter the studi ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-16
I am an ex-soldier, special forces trained. I know about violence. My natural instinct is for fight rather than flight. But I abhor violence in a civilian, peace-time setting, regardless of whether it ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-10
When China finally emerges from the coronavirus nightmare, there is one person it should thank above all others -- Dr Zhong Nanshan (锺南山醫生), 84, the country’s leading respiratory specialist and the ma ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-09
Finance chiefs of the world’s top 20 economies vowed to monitor the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on global growth and act if needed, as they said loose monetary policy and easing trade tensions ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-24
In my 2010 book, Crisis Economics, I defined financial crises not as the “black swan” events that Nassim Nicholas Taleb described in his eponymous bestseller, but as “white swans.” According to Taleb, ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-18
Boris Johnson forced the resignation of his finance minister for refusing to toe the line, a sign the prime minister was tightening his control in a government reshuffle designed to deliver his vision ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-14
If Dr Li Wenliang could speak from his grave, this is likely what he will say: "Don’t cry for me. Use my death for a higher purpose." Li will forever be eulogized as the hero who was reprimanded for b ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-13
If Dr Li Wenliang could speak from his grave, this is l ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2020年02月13日
Although China had put the entire city of Wuhan on lockdown on Jan. 23, the unprecedented step failed to stop the deadly novel coronavirus from becoming a national epidemic. One reason for Beijing’s f ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-10
Temporary relocation for families and face masks were two of the top issues concerning Hong Kong finance professionals as they began their first full business week, after the Lunar New Year holidays, ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-03
Amid the social unrest, the huge question is whether "one country, two systems" in Hong Kong will remain intact for 50 years as promised – or grind to a sudden halt. As we all know, the idea of "one c ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-29
In the 1970s, with Britain’s 99-year lease over most of Hong Kong due to expire in 1997, London worried about the colony’s future as investment was bound to dwindle over time unless an accord was reac ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-23
In the 1970s, with Britain's 99-year lease over most of ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2020年01月23日
by Yeung Chi-yuen More than seven months into the protests that kicked off early last June, some people consider the Hong Kong events as a “resistance movement" while others simply dub them as "riots" ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-16
Tens of thousands of Iranians thronged the streets of Tehran on Monday for the funeral of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed in a US air strike last week, and his daughter said his d ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-06
Amid the political and economic fallout of the months-long civic disturbances, there are different viewpoints within society in regard to the way forward, with the responses depending on whether the p ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-30
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing said he is getting used to “the unfounded verbal and text punches” thrown at him in recent years. Li has faced withering attacks from mainland China and pro-Beijing forces ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-28
