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Sun Kwok
Sun Kwok
Professor Sun Kwok is a chair professor of space science and former dean of science (2006-2016) at the University of Hong Kong. He is the current president of the Astrobiology Commission of the International Astronomical Union. Prof Kwok is a world-leading authority in stellar evolution and astrochemistry. In addition to over 300 journal papers, he has also published a number of books, including the latest, Our Place in the Universe.

Some scientists have been fired from US universities for their links with China’s Thousand Talents Plan. Are such moves justified? The truth is that technical espionage isn’t necessary when you have enough knowledge to figure out so-called secrets yourself.

To prepare students for the workplace of the future, universities must focus once again on teaching in addition to research and aim to develop intellectual skills that cannot easily be replaced by technology.

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