19 February 2023

Troubled US could learn from its differences with China, rather than simply challenge them

Difference is intrinsically good, a vital force behind creativity and innovation, and an essential ingredient for international competition. It becomes a negative force only when people or governments try to impose those differences on others, and this is not something China has done.

30 January 2023

Efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss are inseparable as new mass extinction looms

Recently, I had a catch-up conversation on climate change and Novembers UN climate change conference(COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh with one of Hong Kongs most conscientious students of the subject.