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One of the most entertaining and most intelligent accounts on X is the stuffed-bear-themed pseudonymous account of a Chinese-American former head of China research of a large investment bank. (I don't make up the rules.) He writes on X: The West is now busily destroying
fatherhood
When I was in elemantary school, I was once asked to write a short essay about someone I looked up to...a role model...who wasn't a parent. I choose Captain Picard from the television show Star Trek: The Next Generation. I was very sad to hear that
economics
Another merger was annouced today in the US tech/platform market. This time its between Instacart and Doordash...both players in the home delivery space...think Grab, Deliveroo, Keetah or Meituan for those not familiar with the US market. The US ends up with duopolies or monopolies in so many
economics
When I first visited Hong Kong, as we were preparing to head out on the first day, I asked the college buddy with whom I was staying what I needed to bring. He said, “Larry, this is Hong Kong…all you need to bring is money. Everything else you can
politics
Governments have two types of policies they can use: carrots and sticks. Carrots include things such as handouts, subsidies and other preferential incentives. Sticks are things like taxes, tariffs, regulation, benefit reductions and restrictions. The challenge for Western politicians is that carrots get them elected and sticks get them unemployed.
hong kong
Hong Kong can be divided into two groups of people: people that frequently travel to the Chinese mainland and those that don't. You can recognize the latter group because when asked about going to the mainland, they will usually make a comment like "I haven't
philosophy
"The efficient way is the wrong way. Like if you're going to do the accepted, efficient, what McKinsey will tell you to do [way], you are going to get accepted, normal, efficient results. If you want outlier results, you need to take the hard way." This
philosophy
I've been thinking about this X post from Hannah Rosenberg that I saw last night before I went to sleep (yes, I know pre-sleep X use is not ideal!): People do not experience our intentions, they experience our actions. Intentions are like emotions, they are wildly important
hong kong
Hong Kong has a reputation as a crowded city with dense housing. People and buildings are packed in like sardines. What if I told you out of Hong Kong's 1,119 square kilometers of land, residential housing only takes up 81 square kilometers of that. Hong Kong'
hong kong
I was in Zhuhai the past two nights. This evening, I drove back home to Hong Kong. Two weeks ago, we were in Macau on baby's first vacation. For those unfamiliar with the local geography, Macau and Zhuhai are adjacent to each other on the opposite side of
ethics
When I checked in at a hotel in China last night, the employee behind the desk excitedly told me that her hotel was now running a special free breakfast promotion. All I needed to do was to give the hotel a 5 star review on whatever platform I used to
immigration
I had breakfast with an old friend from Twitter that I met in person for the first time today. (Btw...if you're not meeting cool people on Twitter and hanging out with them in real life, you're doing using it wrong!) He is American and, naturally,