2021 is the year of many anniversaries – 110 years after the Xinhai Revolution, 109 after the foundation of the Kuomintang and 100 after the foundation of the Communist Party. All three had two main o ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-28
Two Canadians incarcerated in China can definitely do with some Christmas cheer this month, more than two years after they were seized, seemingly in retaliation for the arrest in Vancouver of Meng Wan ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-24
Two Canadians incarcerated in China can definitely do w ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2020年12月24日
... Country, Two Systems” was written – or at least, it seems as such – with the world in mind: Hong Kong would remain an open, laissez-faire, and liberal gateway to the world for China. Perhaps the lais ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-23
... at least two things that should not happen. First, Trump should not pardon himself. The US Constitution’s presidential pardon power is notably broad, but it makes an explicit exception for “cases of ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-22
... mply with two basic principles: the data should be (1) in machine-readable format; and (2) linked to spatial and geographical location. Therefore, the government should announce which departments and ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-21
... World War Two; planes that bombed Hong Kong during the invasion of December 1941 took off from there. British intelligence did not know of the airport because of its remoteness. This location and the ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-21
... the first two and a half years of his tour was “the boom period for the UK and Hong Kong” where everything – people-to-people, business-to-business, government-to-government – was moving “full steam a ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-17
... the first two and a half years of his tour was "the boo ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2020年12月17日
... tricity networks. This can be done while building the social, environmental and clean-energy projects that will support the well-being and prosperity of future generations. But sustainable investing i ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-15
... the next two decades. This may seem low given the track record since 1990, but our projection is rooted in careful assumptions about the economy’s supply side, with the slowdown driven by a shrinking ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-11
... ct, these two issues are related. Both threats show that we need to build more resilience into the economic system. This realization is not lost on the public. The EIB survey finds that a majority of ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-10
... om nearly two billion to 689 million. But because of COVID-19, the total is rising again for the first time since 1998. Over 140 million people could fall into extreme poverty this year, with South As ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-10
... straddle two boats at the same time: maintain official relations with China and “unofficial,” relations with the people of Taiwan. Of course, selling weapons to Taiwan has never been entirely “unoffi ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-10
... straddle two boats at the same time: maintain official ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2020年12月10日
... the past two years, similar cases such as Spark Alliance, which raised fund at the social movement last year, also saw their bank accounts frozen amid the government’s order. All told, HSBC – and oth ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-09
