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Hong Kong: One country, One system

2016-09-25

When Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997, Chinese government promised in the joint declaration that Hong Kong’s economic and political systems will not be changed for 50 years. 1997年香港回歸時，中國共產黨在中英聯合聲明中，附帶了一個「50年不變」的承諾。今天，在中國共產黨之下，經濟發展前景看好，又有新聞自由、港人自治、司法獨立；是不是萬民擁戴，邁向下一個二十年？香港人，現在都不信了。這群平常講廣東話、公司裡白領工作都用英文的，原本自視高人一等的香港朋友，現在反而覺得是二等公民了。華爾街日報這篇報導，道出了香港人今非昔比的痛 “Many Hong Kong people used to feel more

Hong Kong: Say Goodbye to Good Old Days

2016-09-25

When Hong Kong returned in 1997, Chinese government made a promise to maintain its social and political status for 50 years. Now it’s all different.

Oracle Going After Amazon in Iaas

2016-09-19

“Amazon’s lead is over” said Larry Ellison, whom we considered a character in the business, but we still respect Jeff Bezos more when it comes to his vision and mission in cloud businesses these days. 儘管Ellison是超酷鐵打的老爺，但論到當代雲端事業之格局和視野，我們認為Bezos比他值得受人尊敬。去年11月新聞，Larry Ellison怎麼表示的？ “He doesn’t

Glut of GMO Crop Seeds

2016-09-15

The prices for genetic modified crop seeds have skyrocketed during the past 20 years, however, it has kidded lower for three years. 20年來基改種子價格飛漲，收成價近三年卻日漸低迷；今年，一堆農民要等著虧錢了。 Spending on crop seeds has nearly quadrupled since 1996, when Monsanto Co. became the first of the

Alphabet Drones to Deliver Burritos

2016-09-09

Starting from this month, Google has started to test out sending meals using its droves to Virginia Tech. Without a e-commerce sector in its business, what is Google planning to do with this test? 這個月，Google開始小規模的嘗試用無人機配送餐點到Virginia Tech這所大學。Google沒有Amazon的電商佈局，跳下來玩這個，圖的是什麼？我們認為，像Foodpanda這種模式，是做不起來的。線下吃重，不是問題；但是，到了每天餐期、負載最高、交通也更繁忙的時段，線下能否確保這一件事？「服務品質與速度，不受需求爆量影響」線上要auto-scaling，線下亦然。O2O的生意，如果offline那部分的科技含量太低，一定淪為血汗工廠。所以，如果Lab X的無人機，能直接把客戶的點餐拎進公寓的窗戶（當然啦，玻璃帷幕大樓恐怕就得上樓頂去取了）的話…..

Trade Slump Sends Tremors to Shipping Industry

2016-09-03

The bankruptcy of Hanjin, the biggest shipping firm in Korea, though may cause a rise of shipping cost in the short term, will not alter the fact that 30% more space on ships than cargo to fill it amid a

Apple Leaving No Quarters for Suppliers

2016-09-01

Even for a company as rick like Apple, cutting price and order volume is a must, leaving no quarters for its suppliers.