每日一經濟學人 Daily x The Economist

🔴Monday March 29th 2021 🔵2021年3月29日星期一 🔱Espresso - Today’s agenda 每日濃縮 - 今日頭條 😰🇪🇺😰Choice paralysis: Europe’s third wave of covid-19 選擇糾結：歐洲的第三波新冠疫情 The German state of Baden-Württemberg is relaxing its lockdown restrictions today: gatherings of up to five people from two families are now allowed, even in areas with higher rates of covid-19. The change is typical o...

🔴Tuesday March 30th 2021 🔵2021年3月30日星期二 🎉🎉今天是個特別的日子，是「每日一經濟學人 LEON x The Economist」團隊成立的一週年🎉🎉 💪我們從原本的「3️⃣個傻瓜 (Leon, Chester, Danny)」，現在已茁壯成1️⃣1️⃣個人的團隊了！ ⭕從原本單單在臉書粉專上的「每日新聞」，這一年下來我們逐漸發展出了…… ✅每週回顧 ✅每週看圖 ✅每週週報 ✅電商代言 ✅總編輯觀點 ✅即時新聞分享 ✅私人家教班課程 ✅活動推薦與分享 ✅大專...

🔴Friday March 26th 2021 🔵2021年3月26日星期五 1️⃣US feat. UK v. Myanmar’s military junta 美國 feat. 英國 vs. 緬甸軍政府 America and Britain imposed sanctions on junta-controlled conglomerates in Myanmar, as the country’s army continued to crack down on protests against February’s coup. At least 286 people had been killed in the pro-democracy protests by Wednesday; five more were reportedly killed...

🔴Thursday March 25th 2021 🔵2021年3月25日星期四 1️⃣Ever Given blocking the Suez Canal: OPPS 長榮海運長賜號擱淺在蘇伊士運河：拍謝啦 Experts say that refloating a ship that ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal on Tuesday may take a few days. The Ever Given, which at 400 metres is one of the world’s longest container ships, is obstructing the southern entrance to the passage, causing a traffic jam...

🔴Wednesday March 24th 2021 🔵2021年3月24日星期三 1️⃣Gun-control laws in America: over and over again… 美國的槍枝管制法律：一遍又一遍… President Joe Biden called for stricter gun-control laws in America, after two recent mass shootings in Boulder, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia. Mr Biden urged the Senate to re-enact a ban on assault weapons and pass two bills that would close loopholes in backgroun...

🔴Tuesday March 23rd 2021 🔵2021年3月23日星期二 1️⃣Renesas Electronics of Japan: global shortage on car chips may come… 日商瑞薩電子：全球汽車芯片恐將短缺… Shares in Japanese carmakers fell after a fire at a semiconductor factory near Tokyo on Friday, which is expected to stop production of chips for at least a month. Two-thirds of those made at the facility, owned by a subsidiary of Renesas Elect...

🔴Monday March 22nd 2021 🔵2021年3月22日星期一 1️⃣American defence secretary in Afghanistan: long-stay 美國國防部長訪問阿富汗：長住 Lloyd Austin, the American defence secretary, met Afghanistan’s president, Ashraf Ghani, on an unannounced visit to Kabul, the capital. America is due to withdraw its forces from the country by May 1st. President Joe Biden has suggested that it would be difficult to m...

🔴Friday March 19th 2021 🔵2021年3月19日星期五 1️⃣EMS: AZ vaccine is “safe and effective” 歐洲藥品管理局：AZ 疫苗“安全有效” The European Medicines Agency said the Oxford University/AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine was “safe and effective”, following a review. Many European countries have halted vaccinations with the drug, amid concerns that it increased the risk of blood clots. The World Health Organi...

🔴Thursday March 18th 2021 🔵2021年3月18日星期四 1️⃣Legalising same-sex marriage in Japan!? 日本亦將同性婚姻合法化！？ A Japanese court ruled that the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Japan is the only country in the G7, a group of rich nations, that does not allow same-sex unions. Its constitution defines marriage as being between “both sexes”, but the court said this viola...

🔴Wednesday March 17th 2021 🔵2021年3月17日星期三 1️⃣Huawei: retrieving the net 華為：收網時間到了 Huawei recorded its biggest-ever annual increase in the number of active patents it owns, from just over 85,000 in 2019 to more than 100,000 last year. The Chinese telecoms giant, which holds more 5G patents than any other company in the world, plans to start charging other smartphone makers a royalt...

🔴Tuesday March 16th 2021 🔵2021年3月16日星期二 1️⃣EU v. UK: on trade…again! 歐盟 vs. 英國：因貿易而槓上…又來了！ The European Union launched legal action against Britain for unilaterally easing trading conditions for businesses in Northern Ireland, in an alleged breach of the Brexit withdrawal agreement. This month Britain extended grace periods on Irish Sea border checks from the end of March to...

🔴Monday March 15th 2021 🔵2021年3月15日星期一 1️⃣Sri Lanka: banning burqas…as well 斯里蘭卡：也跟著禁止伊斯蘭婦女的傳統服飾 Sri Lanka’s minister of public security said he expected a ban on wearing burqas to be signed into law imminently. Sarath Weerasekara said the move was aimed at improving national security, and that the garment was a symbol of religious extremism. Sri Lanka imposed a tempora...

🔴Friday March 12th 2021 🔵2021年3月12日星期五 1️⃣Pakistan: banning TikTok…too 巴基斯坦：也…跟著禁止抖音 Pakistan became the second country in south Asia, after India, to ban TikTok, a short-video app. The Peshawar High Court, which issued the ruling, said that the app promotes “immoral and objectionable” content that does not align with Pakistani values. It follows a previous ban of the Chinese-o...

🔴Wednesday March 10th 2021 🔵2021年3月10日星期三 1️⃣President Biden’s stimulus package: a shake for all 美國總統拜登的振興方案：全球經濟成長也被帶動 Joe Biden’s stimulus package will add about one percentage point to global economic growth in 2021, according to the OECD. It will boost America’s growth rate even more; the OECD revised its forecast upward, from 3.2% to 6.5%. The $1.9trn measure has...

🔴Thursday March 11th 2021 🔵2021年3月11日星期四 1️⃣The man who denies Covid-19, is now struggling with it 辣個不承認有新冠病毒的男人確診了 Nation, a Kenyan newspaper, reported that an African leader is suffering covid-19 symptoms and is on a ventilator in one of Kenya’s private hospitals. Reports speculated that it is John Magufuli, Tanzania’s president, who was last seen in public last month. Mr...

🔴Tuesday March 9th 2021 🔵2021年3月9日星期二 1️⃣President Joe Biden on Gender Equality 美國總統拜登為性別平權 President Joe Biden signed two executive orders on International Women’s Day. One creates a Gender Policy Council to co-ordinate work across executive departments and report to him annually on how policy affects gender equality. The other will review some changes to policy made under Dona...

🔴Monday March 8th 2021 🔵2021年3月8日星期一 1️⃣Switzerland: no more burqa and niqab 瑞士：禁止伊斯蘭女性的傳統服飾 Switzerland will ban the wearing of religious face coverings in public, following a controversial referendum yesterday. The ban is seen as being directed at the coverings worn by Muslim women, including the burqa and niqab. It was proposed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, whic...

🔴Friday March 5th 2021 🔵2021年3月5日星期五 1️⃣When the Fed speaks: it’s gonna be 50 50 當美聯準會開口：不是大好，就是大壞 Markets fell following a speech by Jerome Powell, chairman of America’s Federal Reserve. He said he expects a short-term rise in inflation, but not sharp enough to increase interest rates. Mr Powell insisted that the Fed will keep rates near zero until America reaches “maximu...

🔴Thursday March 4th 2021 🔵2021年3月4日星期四 1️⃣Myanmar: this is getting really bad… 緬甸：情勢真的愈加嚴峻… At least 38 people, including one 14-year-old, were killed by security forces in Myanmar. Videos showed officers firing slingshots at protesters and beating up an ambulance crew. Demonstrators have been flooding the streets since a military coup toppled the democratically elected governme...

🔴Wednesday March 3rd 2021 🔵2021年3月3日星期三 1️⃣SoundCloud: changes that some may dislike but more may like… SoundCloud：難以兩全其美的變革… SoundCloud announced it will become the first music-streaming service to direct subscribers’ fees only to the artists they listen to, starting on April 1st. Other platforms such as Apple Music and Spotify divide royalties based on which artists have the mo...

🔴Tuesday March 2nd 2021 🔵2021年3月2日星期二 1️⃣Fiat Chrysler Automobiles: guilty as charged! 飛雅特-克萊斯勒汽車集團：當之有罪！ Fiat Chrysler Automobiles pleaded guilty to conspiring to make lavish and illegal gifts, worth more than $3.5m, to leaders of the United Auto Workers, an American trade union. The Italian-American carmaker (whose largest shareholder, Exor, part-owns The Economist) rece...

🔴Monday March 1st 2021 🔵2021年3月1日星期一 1️⃣J&J’s vaccine: finally my turn! 嬌生公司的疫苗：終於輪到我了！ The US Food and Drugs Administration, America’s drugs regulator, granted emergency authorisation to a third vaccine, a jab developed by Johnson & Johnson. Although the J&J vaccine is not as effective as those developed by Pfizer and Moderna, it requires only a single dose, is...

🔴Friday February 26th 2021 🔵2021年2月26日星期五 1️⃣Ceasefire between India and Pakistan: better late than never! 印巴停火：遲到總比不到好！ India and Pakistan agreed on a ceasefire for the first time in almost 20 years. Cross-border skirmishes—particularly along the Line of Control, the de facto border between Indian and Pakistani-controlled parts of Kashmir—have become more frequent in recent y...

🔴Thursday February 25th 2021 🔵2021年2月25日星期四 1️⃣Ghana: thank you COVAX! 西非迦納：感恩 COVAX、讚嘆 COVAX！ A shipment of covid-19 jabs from COVAX, a global vaccine-sharing initiative, arrived in Ghana—the first recipient under the scheme. Ghana received 600,000 doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca shot, produced by the Serum Institute of India, after officials proved that the country had suffici...

🔴Wednesday February 24th 2021 🔵2021年2月24日星期三 1️⃣Facebook v. Australia: it’s either my way or highway! 臉書 vs. 澳洲：你爸爸我跟你拼了！ Facebook will resume showing news articles in Australia, after cutting a deal with the government there. Less than a week ago the social-media titan shocked Australians by blocking links to journalism from their feeds and posts. It was angry at a law that...