For the coming Policy Address, I would like to put forward a few suggestions on smart government, smart people, smart environment and smart economy, aiming at Hong Kong’s smooth transition from chaos ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-10
Russia’s war in Ukraine is the most disruptive conflict that Europe has seen since 1945. While many in the West see a war of choice by Russian President Vladimir Putin, he says that NATO’s 2008 decisi ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-10
Just after the People's Liberation Army sent ballistic ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2022年10月08日
For a year now, I have argued that the increase in inflation would be persistent, that its causes include not only bad policies but also negative supply shocks, and that central banks’ attempt to figh ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-07
... they were at the beginning of the pandemic, and now that airport gates and hotel rooms are nearing capacity again, new approaches are needed. With a third of consumers expected to travel more this yea ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-07
Putin is running out of options. More precisely, he is running out of moves he could turn to – short of mounting a full-blown war against Europe and the United States. One that he won’t win. One that ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-07
On great power politics – some say, the East shall prevail; others say, the West shall win out. The presumption underpinning the “X wins, Y loses” logic, is that the nature of hegemonic contests is in ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-06
‘twas brilliant how the slimy GoveDid jibe and drivel in the wakeOf whimsy Kwarteng’s over-reachAs the Tory wrath o’ercame(apologies to Lewis Carrol) The bizarre behaviour of Prime Minister Mary Liz T ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-06
Just after the People’s Liberation Army sent ballistic missiles flying over Taiwan and effectively blockaded the island’s ports in a ferocious show of force in the aftermath of a visit by Nancy Pelosi ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-06
On great power politics – some say, the East shall prev ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年10月06日
In August, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury made it illegal for entities to trade cryptocurrency through a platform known as Tornado Cash. The U.S. go ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-05
Reactionary populism is now the biggest obstacle to tackling climate change. With outright climate denial no longer an option, populist politicians have increasingly positioned themselves as climate d ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-05
Who doesn’t want to be a spaceman for China? Young Hong Kong and Macau patriots are excited to learn that the China Manned Space Agency has started its recruitment process for up to 14 astronauts, inc ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-05
Companies as well as academic institutions are operating amid growing geopolitical tensions in the South China Sea heightened by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan last month. Calling the ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-04
“Why should we not form a secret society with but one object, the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole world under British rule, for the recovery of the United States, for m ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-04
Following British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s “mini-budget” – a mishmash of policies ranging from Reaganomics-style tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy to an old-style socialist cap on energy pri ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-04
My very kind and considerate cosmetic surgeon arranged, at very short notice, to excise some basal cell carcinoma from my face, for which purpose he booked an operating theatre at a private hospital i ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-03
Soon after the 2020 presidential election, the incoming Biden administration set about mapping out its economic agenda. It took pains to avoid three mistakes. First, it was committed not to fall into ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-03
