As the United States prepares for a radical course-correction on climate change, China is raising its game. Climate action has become yet another front in the competition between the world’s two large ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-06
Political systems live on competition. Political incumbents and aspirants are constantly claiming that they can manage problems better than their rivals can. Modern wars of ideas, political projects, ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-06
... artial law. Yet, despite the grim news, the year also brought some powerful reasons for optimism. In the coming year, we can lay the foundations for a new era of sustainable development, peace, and co ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-05
There is so much to celebrate with the new year. The arrival of safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines means that there is light at the end of the pandemic tunnel (though the next few months will be horrif ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-04
In the past year, the COVID-19 epidemic has troubled Hong Kong and the world, but it has also brought unprecedented business opportunities to the financial technology (FinTech). For example, the Faste ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-04
... it, barmy. I am wedded to the belief that one must stand by one’s principles and commend heartily those who do. But, surely, even principles need context? Of course, the central government’s interfer ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-01
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
