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Wall Street risks shorting freedom in HK
Oped, Mark L Clifford, Published on 31/10/2025
» In early November, Wall Street's big guns will head to Hong Kong for a global financial summit, dining at the Palace Museum (featuring Chinese imperial works on loan from Beijing) before meeting at the nearby Rosewood Hotel -- one of the city's swankiest. There, the top brass from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and another 100 financial firms will enjoy delicious food and breathtaking views as Hong Kong's leaders pitch them on the profits to be made in the former British colony.
60 years of EU-Thai engagement
Oped, David Daly, Published on 09/05/2023
» On May 9, 1950, French Foreign Minister Schuman presented a proposal for the creation of the European Community of Coal and Steel, pooling together French and German coal and steel production -- resources needed to wage war -- under a common high authority, within an organisation open to other European countries. This was the founding stone of what would become the European Union, initially including six member states. Rising from the ashes of the Second World War, countries that had been bitter foes for centuries decided to pool their resources and unite their destinies, making conflict among themselves unthinkable and ensuring over 70 years of unprecedented peace and cooperation.
The unseen human cost of cheap power
Oped, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 29/07/2020
» On July 23, 2018, the villagers of Attapeu, a sleepy town in southern Laos, suffered their worst nightmare when the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower dam suddenly burst, unleashing massive torrents of water that swallowed local villages, killing 71. More than 7,000 were made homeless.