October 2019

Hong Kong’s protests are touted as a freedom movement by the activists there and by the West media fanning the fire with biased reporting and news coverage. The violence and criminal activities (generally occurring during and after a peaceful demonstration) were suppressed and the freedom demands were highlighted. Of course, in today’s advanced network world, fake news or distorted news reporting can...

Hong Kong’s protests are touted as a freedom movement by the activists there and by the West media fanning the fire with biased reporting and news coverage. The violence and criminal activities (generally occurring during and after a peaceful demonstration) were suppressed and the freedom demands were highlighted. Of course, in today’s advanced network world, fake news or distorted news reporting can...

The topic on wealth gap has appeared a number of times in this column. The present title has extended the issue in twofold, one is to analyze the nature of the century old wealth gap problem in the U.S. and in China fast rising recently, and second is to poke the question who cares about the problem and how may the wealth gap problem be cured. Very recently, McKinsey Consulting Company has published...

The topic on wealth gap has appeared a number of times in this column. The present title has extended the issue in twofold, one is to analyze the nature of the century old wealth gap problem in the U.S. and in China fast rising recently, and second is to poke the question who cares about the problem and how may the wealth gap problem be cured. Very recently, McKinsey Consulting Company has published...

​ The issue of government applying surveillance technology on its citizens is a controversial one, even in the name of national and/or society security. Surveillance is often touted to be effective with minimum impact on privacy and individual liberty, thus it can be justified. In recent years, the technology breakthrough on voice and facial recognition, biomedical identification methods and integration...

​ The issue of government applying surveillance technology on its citizens is a controversial one, even in the name of national and/or society security. Surveillance is often touted to be effective with minimum impact on privacy and individual liberty, thus it can be justified. In recent years, the technology breakthrough on voice and facial recognition, biomedical identification methods and integration...

​ The motivation of writing something down in an essay, story or book form can be numerous and varied. One may cite a few as examples: 1. Enjoy writing and exercising creativity and/or imagination, many unpublished stories and essays belong to this category. 2. Keep a record on certain significant matters so one may recall later, diaries and notebooks are this type of writing. 3. Express thoughts...