Relations between the United States and China are at perhaps their lowest ebb since they were normalized in 1979. Yet, when it comes to finance, competition is only part of the story. While the US gov ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-31
A famous Wall Street saying goes, “Bulls make money, bears make money, pigs get slaughtered”. This seems to be true. Some investors, despite being physically restrained under Covid-19, are actually be ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-30
... , Donald G. McNeil Jr., The New York Times, December 24 ...全文
American capitalism is not serving most Americans. While educated elites live longer and more prosperous lives, less-educated Americans – two-thirds of the population – are dying younger and strugglin ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-29
It's been a rather grim 2020. For the world, for China, ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightA Hong Konger2020年12月29日
... the future. Some Trump voters doubtless are very focused on the installation of right-wing judges on the federal bench. But many among the 74 million who voted for Trump did so for other reasons. The ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-28
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
Less than 12 months ago, private-sector leaders came together at the World Economic Forum with a sense of optimism and a series of new commitments to re-energize the fight against climate change. Ambi ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-24
If you, like me, would watch “Love Actually” over Christmas, you would find this movie opening particularly moving this year. “Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arri ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-23
It’s been a rather grim 2020. For the world, for China, and for Hong Kong in particular. Long-standing issues surrounding governance, socioeconomic inequalities, and the city’s uneasy relationship wit ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-23
As someone who often writes about law and forgiveness, I have been receiving many queries lately. Should President-elect Joe Biden pardon President Donald Trump? Should pandemic-era debts be forgiven? ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-22
It hasn't been the best of years for Hong Kong. We've s ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2020年12月22日
2020 has been much maligned as the year we want to forget. The regrettable events of the year notwithstanding, the year deserves to be recognised for being the harbinger of change and the trigger for ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-16
The outbreak of Covid-19 has had a serious impact on many aspects of our life, including severely reducing charity fund-raising opportunities because of cancelled charity balls and campaigns. Many cha ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-16
While investors can approach 2021 with optimism that an effective Covid-19 vaccine will be available, the path of the economic recovery remains unclear. The global economy has recovered from the depth ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-15
Based on a forecast by the Census and Statistics Department, the over-85s group in Hong Kong would rise sharply 10 years later, and the rapid growth is expected to remain for 20 years. Similar to Hong ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-14
The benefits of corporate board gender diversity in supporting high-quality debate and decision-making are well-known. While we are still far from having truly gender-balanced board membership in the ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-11
