Andrew Sheng

The writer is a distinguished Fellow of the Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong and a member of the UNEP Advisory Council on Sustainable Finance.

Can tech giants solve climate change and social inequality?

The Great Tech story implies that the world will see a smaller group of winners who bigger clout than the rest.

2w ago

A global state of disunion

In other words, the world is in disunion not just from wealth and income disparities, but through the widening digital and knowledge application gaps.

1m ago

To be treated as equals to the West, the Global South must decolonise its minds

In an over-crowded planet, the system is inherently unstable when we attempt to resolve differences via conflict and war

3m ago

Has the West lost the Rest?

The images and news coming out of Gaza are so horrific that I cannot think of anything hopeful or constructive that can come of this cataclysm.

5m ago

How stable is the global financial system really?

The global financial system looks stable, because central banks have shifted more and more debt onto their books.

6m ago

Are we apes fighting over a burning planet?

The profit model of business has ignored climate change for too long.

6m ago

Will Singapore or Hong Kong finance the South’s next transition?

The global financial system is in a real bind.

7m ago

Lacking moral capital to overcome climate paralysis

Amidst what the UN chief dubs “an era of global boiling,” we stand at the abyss of a paradigm cataclysm, yet remain paralysed in our actions. 

7m ago
September 11, 2022
September 11, 2022

Is there a third way for social equity markets?

What is the alternative to Big Business or Big Government?

September 8, 2022
September 8, 2022

Is civilisation in decline, clashing or rejuvenating?

Rising uncertainties are making global compromise and cooperation more unlikely

August 15, 2022
August 15, 2022

US-China tensions: Crossing the red lines to nuclear war

Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, to some extent, has already crossed China’s red line.

May 7, 2022
May 7, 2022

The International Monetary System is More Unfit than Ever

After the 2008 global financial crisis, the world seemed ready to undertake meaningful reform of the international monetary system. But the promised structural changes never happened.

March 17, 2022
March 17, 2022

If war wins, climate action loses

The Ukraine war is a tragedy of tragedies, catastrophic for the Ukrainian people, a disaster for the global economy and a real setback for

February 26, 2022
February 26, 2022

Is Ukraine a Metaverse Nightmare?

Moving from a unipolar world to a multipolar world was always likely to be messy and risk-prone.

January 18, 2022
January 18, 2022

Confronting Global Racism

Race is staring us in the face. Confronting and dealing with it is highly emotional and disturbing, so much so that in polite company, it’s unspeakable. But we can’t avoid it, because racism has become global.

November 21, 2021
November 21, 2021

Telling the right story to make (climate) change

Life is extremely complicated and will only become more so.

November 9, 2021
November 9, 2021

How is Hong Kong strategising for 2047?

What is Hong Kong’s pathway to 2047? Since HKSAR’s return to China in 1997 under the 50-year One Country, Two Systems principle, which is due to end in 2047, Hongkongers have emphasised Two Systems, neglecting the timeline to One Country.

October 23, 2021
October 23, 2021

Can the Great Powers avoid war?

As tensions over the Taiwan Strait mount, everyone needs to think about whether war is inevitable. Ukrainian revolutionary Leon Trotsky once said: “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.” And if we slip into war by what World War I historian Barbara Tuchman called the March of Folly, can the Great Powers step back from mutual nuclear annihilation?

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