The hits just keep on coming for the Hong Kong stock market. At yesterday's closing, Hang Seng Index fell close to two per cent to the year-low of 16,327, below the peak in 1997. Not only Hong Kong is ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-06
... dividuals to speak and think, to believe and appraise with reference to the group identities of the sources they consult, is a trait that we must most definitely watch out for. In the absence of check ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-06
Even with the recent partial retreat in long-term real and nominal interest rates, they remain well above the ultra-low levels to which policymakers had grown accustomed, and they are likely to stay a ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-06
... offices into energy-efficient spaces that help businesses meet GHG emission reduction targets and ever-evolving regulatory requirements. These buildings can also be a means to attract talent, offer us ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-06
Last month, Hurricane Daniel showed The Middle East and North Africa is rapidly becoming one of the regions worst affected by extreme weather due to climate change. It claimed thousands of lives in Li ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-05
... igh marks to the summit. China’s foreign minister Wang Yi said: “The San Francisco meeting is significant for enhancing trust, removing suspicion, managing differences and expanding cooperation betwee ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-05
These days, it’s trendy to talk down Hong Kong. After all, who doesn’t enjoy trashing a city that has seen, in the span of four to five years, unprecedented political turmoil, a pandemic that has left ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-05
Of the six candidates aiming to win Taiwan’s highest offices in the presidential election next January 13, one has a cv that stands out – ‘cat warrior’, Hsiao Bi-khim, vice-presidential candidate of t ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-04
Part of the following was based on a few scrambled notes and thoughts I had put together in a personal journal a few years back. The rest, of course, is history – or rather, the byproduct culminating ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-04
As the start of this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) approaches, those leading it continue to inspire concern and even indignation. After all, the host will be the United Arab ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-04
Hamas’s barbaric massacre of at least 1,400 Israelis on October 7, and Israel’s subsequent military campaign in Gaza to eradicate the group, has introduced four geopolitical scenarios bearing on the g ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-04
... solution to the crisis. Although the loosely defined concept remains a work in progress, the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai provides an opportunity for business le ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-01
It’s the same story around the world. Faced with an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation online, declining trust in media and government, and the proliferation of “news deserts,” governments ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-01
