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Macroscope Earl Carr Li Qingsi

Costs of a US-China break-up are too high for either to bear

18 Oct 2018 - 2:42pm 4

For Chinese immigrants, the American dream is over

18 Oct 2018 - 10:39am 211

Do we really want an urban Hong Kong devoid of trees?

17 Oct 2018 - 7:57pm 5

The View Stephen Vines

If vaping is as bad as smoking, why hasn’t Hong Kong banned tobacco?

17 Oct 2018 - 10:39pm 9

Carrie Lam attends the unveiling of a new hotel. Photo: Sam Tsang

Carrie Lam’s vision for Hong Kong puts real estate developers first

The chief executive’s Lantau reclamation project and other housing proposals seem designed to benefit big business, starting with the mainland Chinese construction sector.

18 Oct 2018 - 7:33pm 2 More on Carrie Lam's policy address 2018

Pedestrians walk past signs for the Colombo International Financial City project in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 31. The Colombo Port City project is financed by China Harbour Engineering Company, as part of Chinese President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road Initiative. Photo: Bloomberg

Three reasons China’s influence should give South Asians pause

18 Oct 2018 - 3:58pm 1

US President Donald Trump delivers a speech at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing last November. Trump’s “shock and awe” of US trade tariffs has produced little progress in the last few rounds of negotiations with China, nor have tariffs reduced the bilateral trade deficit for the US. Photo: Reuters

Costs of a US-China break-up are too high for either to bear

18 Oct 2018 - 2:42pm 4

Illustration: Craig Stephens

For Chinese immigrants, the American dream is over

18 Oct 2018 - 10:39am 211

Women demonstrators protest against the appointment of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at the US Capitol in Washington DC, on October 6. Trump’s choice for the post was accused by several women of sexual misconduct during their school years. Photo: AFP

Under autocratic Trump, US democracy is more alive than ever

17 Oct 2018 - 11:24pm 12

In a perfect world, all it would take to wind down the tension is for Xi Jinping and Donald Trump to have a free and frank exchange of views. Photo: Reuters

The sooner Xi and Trump meet, the better

17 Oct 2018 - 11:20pm 6

Children walk under collapsed trees along Tin Ping Road in Sheung Shui after Typhoon Mangkhut. Photo: Sam Tsang

Do we really want an urban Hong Kong devoid of trees?

17 Oct 2018 - 7:57pm 5

Hong Kong’s ban on e-cigarettes deviates from the city’s long-standing commitment to free and open markets. Photo: AFP

If vaping is as bad as smoking, why hasn’t Hong Kong banned tobacco?

17 Oct 2018 - 10:39pm 9

The Lion City’s discussion of a law criminalising homosexual acts has unleashed a barely disguised politics of disgust that is inflicting real damage on the mental health of LGBTI individuals

Gay sex debate helped in Hong Kong. But in Singapore ...

17 Oct 2018 - 10:08am 24

Illustration: Craig Stephens

Why Trump’s cold war to contain Beijing is destined to fail

17 Oct 2018 - 6:17am 32

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump are seen together in November 2017 in the the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: Kyodo

How the bromance between Trump and Xi fizzled out

17 Oct 2018 - 2:38am 26

Women activists shout slogans condemning the rape of a nineteen-year old girl while protesting in New Delhi, India, in September. Photo: AP

#MeToo in India: a true revolution must begin at home

17 Oct 2018 - 1:31am

A specialist with Lehman Brothers MarketMakers reacts to the fallout from Lehman Brothers declaring bankruptcy on September 15, 2008, as panic began to spread through the financial system, leading to the Great Recession. Photo: AP

How we’re risking disaster 10 years after global financial crisis

16 Oct 2018 - 10:55pm 2

The financial district of Pudong in Shanghai. If China’s controls on capital outflows were eased, such outflows would increase, triggering yuan selling. Photo: Reuters

On China’s yuan ‘manipulation’, US should be careful what it wishes for

16 Oct 2018 - 10:55pm 3

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s plans for infrastructure, his country’s young population and growing middle class have helped it continue to look like an appealing investment destination, even as the US-China trade war headwinds grow more fierce. Photo: AFP

How the Philippines can benefit from US-China trade war

16 Oct 2018 - 3:06pm

Illustration: Craig Stephens

Can China be isolated in the global market? Trump may have taken first step

16 Oct 2018 - 11:42am 30

The meeting between Kanye West and Donald Trump in the Oval Office last week made great material for late-night show hosts. Photo: Bloomberg

Laugh now at Trump’s follies, but climate change isn’t funny

16 Oct 2018 - 7:55am 10

China could put more pressure on the S&P 500 index, so beloved by US President Donald Trump, to make him think twice about escalating the trade war. Photo: Reuters

How falling US markets can give China more trade war leverage

16 Oct 2018 - 6:14am 5

Alice Wu says two of Hong Kong’s former chief executives clearly have it in for the city’s current leader. One is trumpeting his think tank’s own land reclamation plan while the other might be trying to mount a political comeback

The men who are out to undermine Carrie Lam

15 Oct 2018 - 7:22am 7

Visitors check out a robot at the Toys, Baby Products and Stationary Fair at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai in January. The advent of artificial intelligence means many current jobs will be obsolete in the future. Photo: Dickson Lee

How to ensure our kids stay one step ahead of the machines

13 Oct 2018 - 6:51pm 1

Interpol president Meng Hongwei was detained by Chinese authorities on September 25. Photo: AP

China’s detention of ex-Interpol chief highlights its flaws

15 Oct 2018 - 2:58pm 37

Post’s flagship China Conference held in Kuala Lumpur in the shadow of the trade war stresses the importance of resolving issues through mutual respect. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Bright vision offered by China conference in dark days for trade

12 Oct 2018 - 9:20pm 1

North Koreans cheer during a parade celebrating National Day and the 70th anniversary of the country’s foundation, in Pyongyang, on September 8. While experts have focused on North Korea’s mineral and hydrocarbon resources, nurturing its people may reap better results. Photo: EPA-EFE

North Korea – the next economic powerhouse?

12 Oct 2018 - 6:56pm 2

A view of a pool and a beach in the luxury resort area of Nusa Dua on Bali. Leaders, ministers and central bank heads are attending the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Bali this week. Photo: Reuters

As global markets crash and the world burns, leaders keep fiddling

12 Oct 2018 - 6:56pm 1

Illustration: Craig Stephens

Freedom and national security can coexist in Hong Kong

12 Oct 2018 - 11:20am

A worker puts the finishing touches to an iPal social robot, designed by AvatarMind, at an assembly plant in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, on July 4. Robotics is one of the focus areas under the Made in China 2025 plan. Photo: Reuters

America’s anger over ‘Made in China 2025’ is pure hypocrisy

12 Oct 2018 - 2:34pm 95

The US trade war initiated by Donald Trump against China should be met with greater national self-reliance in the hi-tech field. Photo: AP

Better technology and trade expansion the best Beijing response

11 Oct 2018 - 9:20pm 5

In a mural on the side of a building in Dover, Britain, street artist Banksy depicts Brexit as a workman chipping away a star on a European Union flag. The Europeans are not letting Britain make an easy exit; it might encourage the beginning of the end of European federalism. Photo: Bloomberg

Why trouble in Europe bodes ill for world markets

11 Oct 2018 - 10:48pm 1

A student works under a tree at the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in November 2016. The university has been taken to court for its admission practices that some argue discriminate against Asian-Americans. Photo: EPA

Why Harvard should avoid a Tinder approach to admissions

11 Oct 2018 - 2:43am 1