ESSAYS/NEWS
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J.P. Morgan Upgraded Expeditors. The Employees Paid for It.
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On August 5, 2026, J.P. Morgan analyst Brian Ossenbeck upgraded Expeditors International from Underweight to Neutral and raised his price target from $144 to $200.…
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Hong Kong to Tokyo in Five Hours. Nine Hundred Years in a Single Cup of Sake
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A sharp, personal essay on why Japan preserves the small, human texture of city life while Hong Kong keeps pricing it out of existence.
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The Trophy Case: How Hong Kong’s Legal Awards Industry Misleads the Public
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The Trophy Case How Hong Kong’s legal awards industry misleads the public. It starts with an email. It always starts with an email. “Dear [Name],…
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A Torts Hypothetical Walked Into the Bar Exam
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A Torts Hypothetical Walked Into the Bar Exam In law school, there is a class you take called Torts. Everyone takes it. It is not…
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The London Pipeline Is Dead. Hong Kong Built Something Better.
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The old London-to-Hong-Kong legal pipeline is fading. In its place: a faster, bilingual, China-facing market built around HKEX, the Greater Bay Area, and firms that…
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I’m Told You Can’t Discuss Democracy Publicly in Hong Kong. Here Goes.
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I’M TOLD YOU CAN’T DISCUSS DEMOCRACY PUBLICLY IN HONG KONG. My wife does not appear in this one. She prefers to stay out of things…
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The Last King of a City That Won’t Stop Renovating
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THE LAST KING OF A CITY THAT WON’T STOP RENOVATING A city that paints over itself Not in the way developers claim to own Kowloon,…
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The Last Horror Movie I’ll Ever Watch on Netflix
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On Netflix, nostalgia, and the difference between a movie that haunts you and a movie you forget before the credits roll. A bad film can…
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I Moved to Hong Kong and Stopped Saying Please. My Marriage Has Never Been Better.
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A sharp, funny look at why Hong Kong directness is not rudeness at all, and what living here teaches you about honesty, efficiency, and marriage.