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"E-sports+" in COVID-19: Fashion and Esports Make Their Way, Hand-in-Hand and Hopefully

The global pandemic is squeezing the living space out of many industries, including the traditional fashion industry. However, to some Internet-based fields such as esports, the pandemic has produced more opportunity. COVID-19 has also catalyzed more cross-border cooperation: traditional industries need new blood to twist the adverse situation, while emerging industries need legacy icons or brands to help them unlock broader markets. Hence, the marriage between fashion and esports under the pandemic is unexpected, but predictably, influential.

Journalism Fellowship, News & Analysis, Technology, CultureHypatia WuFebruary 11, 2021esports, COVID19, pandemic, sports, gaming, online, partnership, business, finance, international, design, clothing, collaboration, border, customer, client'consumer, market, Asia, brands

The Melting Arctic and Changing Trade Routes

Ice coverage in Arctic regions is decreasing, causing the size of the oceans expand, which gives way to potential new routes of travel. Within the Arctic, we have seen the Northern Sea Route (NSR) open, creating alternative lanes for global trade. Summer Journalism Fellow Joe Strong analyzes how countries with ports at the ends or along the NSR will be impacted. The ability to use the Arctic would shorten and reroute many of the most internationally favoured trade routes, which primarily travel through the Suez and Panama Canals.

Journalism Fellowship, InternationalJoseph StrongDecember 8, 2020trade, globalization, global warming, climate change, Arctic, ice, melting, trade routes, temperature, ice coverage, ocean, Suez Canal, Panama Canal, Europe, Asia, ships, maritime, infrastructure, economy, Gas, Oil

‘S’ for ‘Slump’: What makes the most sluggish fiscal year of Sa Sa?

Sa Sa, the Hong Kong-based beauty retailing giant, had never published a fiscal deficit since the days of SARS due to a proactive expansion strategy in both physical stores and digital outlets. Everything changed in 2020 when a new coronavirus emerged, but Journalism Fellow Hypatia Wu’s analysis reveals that its financial slump had begun even before the global pandemic.

Journalism Fellowship, International, News & Analysis, Finance & BusinessHypatia WuOctober 23, 2020retail, online retail, Asia, China, COVID19, e-commerce

Crypto Chaos: Why Did the Bubble Burst?

FOMO, speculation and group panic are both the cause and result of the bursting cryptocurrency bubble.

News & Analysis, Opinions, Technology, All, Finance & BusinessEdward MowinckelMarch 20, 2018crypto, cryptocurrency, cryptomarket, Bitcoin, cryptography, transaction, ethereum, ripple, litecoin, coincodex, coingecko, coinmarketcap, Binance, Coinbase, Bittrex, NYSE, chaos, plunge, price, Asia, USA, investor, investing, finance, money, bandwagon, FOMO, skyrocket, crypto exchange