Nobel-winning economist James Robinson has hailed Hong Kong for its “amazing” inclusive society, calling on the city to deepen such inclusion and stay true to how it became great to further its “incredible success story”. Robinson, a British-American professor at the University of Chicago, also told a seminar on Thursday that he was a believer…
After more than a decade of working in the US, at the start of this year, star geometer Sun Song made the move back to China. He joined Zhejiang University’s Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics after leaving his most recent post as a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Sun, who has been…
Donald Trump, the former and now president-elect, has never been shy about his desire to be recognized on the world stage. A Nobel Peace Prize, he once hinted, would be the pinnacle of that recognition. But let’s face it: the skewed global narrative often pits America—and especially its more conservative leaders—against the odds of…
A Malaysian ex-university professor in Hong Kong accused of murdering his wife and daughter has rejected prosecutors’ claims that an animal experiment he was carrying out with carbon monoxide was merely a ruse to obtain the deadly gas that killed them nine years ago via a yoga ball. Anesthesiologist Khaw Kim Sun, 60, made the…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is due to visit Hong Kong next month to receive an honorary doctorate along with film star Tony Leung Chiu-wai and two renowned scholars. In an email sent to the students at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and seen by the Post, the institution said it would confer…
China’s “little giants” are at the vanguard of its next technological leap. The number of these small and medium-sized enterprises, nurtured under the 14th five-year plan to lead in advanced tech sectors, has exceeded the government’s target. The government aims to accelerate their growth further with expanded capital access. But their leap from innovation to…
new video loaded: Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors Awarded Nobel Peace Prize transcript Back transcript Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors Awarded Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel committee said that Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese grass-roots movement of “hibakusha,” or atomic bombing survivors, has demonstrated that “nuclear weapons must never be used again.” This movement is receiving the Peace…
1. What is Lo best known for? Lo is often referred to as the “father” of non-invasive prenatal testing, which uses a pregnant woman’s blood to check for disorders in a fetus. The test looks for Down’s syndrome and some other chromosomal disorders such as Edwards syndrome and Patau syndrome. Before the test was introduced…