BOOK REVIEW: City on Fire: A Novel of Hong Kong 
Diane Thompson on Russell Vought’s Campaign to Abolish the CFPB 
Merck takes Austria’s Keytruda price transparency battle to top court as journalists fight for information 
BOOK REVIEW: City on Fire: A Novel of Hong Kong
By Simon Elegant. Pegasus Crime, New York, hard cover, 288 pages, US$27.95 …
Chinese state-owned firms set up semiconductor funds amid calls for ‘patient’ capital
Companies backed by the state and provincial governments in China have announced new funds to focus on the semiconductor industry, which requires a large amount…
Could China’s lunar laser tower bring Nikola Tesla’s free energy dream to life?
Legendary inventor Nikola Tesla’s dream of transmitting electricity wirelessly never became a reality on Earth.
But more than a century later, Chinese scientists believe the concept…
Diane Thompson on Russell Vought’s Campaign to Abolish the CFPB
Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, wants to shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). He’s cutting staff, cutting budgets…
‘I’m lonely’: why are 50% of Hong Kong’s elderly socially isolated – and what can help?
In the first of a five-part Health Matters wellness series on ageing in Hong Kong, Fiona Sun examines rising social isolation among the elderly, its…