The Earth’s biodiversity and the services provided by healthy ecosystems are under massive pressure from climate change and the challenge of supporting eight billion people in a sustainable way. Key e ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-08
... n coopted by supporters of the recently ousted president, Jair Bolsonaro (backed by Neymar), which has annoyed supporters of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, backed by the team coach, Tite, and th ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-08
... recovery by 2030. We cannot afford for this conference to be treated as a sideshow or afterthought to COP27. The biodiversity crisis is no less important than the climate crisis, and it is escalating ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-08
... Jiang was by all accounts a remarkable figure. Born and ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年12月08日
Former President Jiang Zemin passed away on November 30, at the age of 96. Jiang was by all accounts a remarkable figure. Born and raised in a revolutionary family, adopted by an uncle who died fighti ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-07
The world heaved a sigh of relief this month when the feared “red wave” of Republican victories in the US midterms failed to materialize. While the Republicans took the House of Representatives by a n ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-07
... upported “by 1.4 billion people” and that the two countries should not try to “change or even subvert the other party’s system.” Both sides agreed to maintain stable relations. But as the protests sho ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-06
... , managed by his erstwhile romantic partner. Alameda’s loans, however, were allegedly backed by FTT, FTX’s now worthless in-house crypto token. The dominoes were set. The fateful nudge began with a pu ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-06
... ification by peaceful means, his objective was clear, and he did not rule out the use of force. Meanwhile, in Taiwan, the share of the population identifying as solely Taiwanese continues to exceed th ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-06
... , abetted by central banks’ ultra-loose monetary and credit policies, has fueled a spike in borrowing in both the private and public sectors. Years of quantitative easing (QE) and credit easing kept b ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-05
Infrastructure investment will drive Hong Kong’s economic recovery, the projects will soar to HK$300 billion per year in the next few years,. However, a study by Oxford Global Projects found that mega ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-05
... ion, down by 8,000 from the second quarter and the lowest quarterly figure since the BNO visa scheme was launched in January 2021. Since then, a total of more than 150,600 have applied, and 144,576 we ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-05
... s defined by military or economic prowess qua quality and quantity of the army and the economy. Why do some countries struggle with soft power, whilst others thrive? When reflecting upon the outpour o ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-02
... nd marked by his repeated refusal to adhere to or respect due processes, existing institutions, and the judiciary at large, culminating at Trump’s vindictive and absurd insistence that the election wa ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-02
In 2020, Sebastian Mallaby of the Council on Foreign Relations announced the beginning of the “age of magic money,” in which advanced economies would “redefine the outer limits of their monetary and f ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-02
The Northern Metropolis vision was promulgated in the 2021 Policy Address, and the project entails huge investments. In addition to the various infrastructure investments revealed by the Government la ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-02
... announced by the G7 in the summer, JPMorgan predicted that oil prices would soar – perhaps as high as $380 per barrel. In fact, Brent benchmark oil prices have declined steadily since that time, falli ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-01
