https://www.scmp.com/rss/326271/feed Leonard K. Cheng is president and chair professor of economics of Lingnan University, Hong Kong. His research interests are in applied game theory, market structure, currency crisis, international trade and investment, technological innovation and imitation, and China’s inward and outward foreign direct investment. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In a recent interview with Fox News, Mark Green, a Republican Congressman from Tennessee, claimed that Chinese President Xi Jinping told French President Emmanuel Macron that China would supply a billion face masks to France if his country agreed to adopt Huawei’s 5G technology. The French Embassy in the United States rebutted the claim in a tweet, saying it was a total falsehood, though not in so many words. China’s Huawei is currently the world’s largest supplier of telecom equipment and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3079856/never-mind-coronavirus-trumps-america-still-going-full-throttle-its?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3079856/never-mind-coronavirus-trumps-america-still-going-full-throttle-its?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Apr 2020 01:00:16 +0000 Technology can be a good servant, but a bad master. The age of instant everything is upon us, as the internet gives us unprecedented connectivity and freedom of information. Our world is one of instant messaging and instant response, instant gratification and instant solace. No educator can ignore the hold of social media on the younger generation. But such power and promise comes with its own perils. Social media has totally altered the way we communicate. It can bring people together, but also... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2133043/technology-useful-servant-we-cant-let-it-master-us-or-our?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2133043/technology-useful-servant-we-cant-let-it-master-us-or-our?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Feb 2018 02:40:48 +0000 Each year, in late November, a new batch of Hong Kong graduates line up to receive their diplomas and pass into society. Leaders of higher education then confront afresh a question central to their mission: what kind of graduates do universities aim to produce? This year, Lingnan University is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its re-establishment in Hong Kong. This question therefore takes on a special meaning for the university. Universities increasingly find themselves in the news as a... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2129527/hong-kong-student-activism-one-thing-disrespecting-others?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2129527/hong-kong-student-activism-one-thing-disrespecting-others?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Jan 2018 03:06:54 +0000