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An Insights into Sino-US Trade War under COVID-19

ECON Head/SOSC Chair/PPOL Professor Prof. Albert PARK’s insights were quoted in an article about the Sino-US trade war, saying the relationship between China and the US will almost certainly deteriorate regardless of who wins the US presidential election later this year.  He added that given the current economic crisis brought by COVID-19, the US may choose to de-escalate the trade war for short-term economic considerations, though the US is likely to continually blame China due to political reasons. 

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多國防範中資收購資產 香港和新加坡成為新目標

香港科技大學經濟發展研究中心主任 及公共政策學部教授 黎麟祥教授 指出，中國絶大多數金融機構背後都能夠看到國有資本的影子。中國企業如果不能夠從國內金融機構進行融資，跨國兼併基本是不可能的。但是一旦國有資本進入交易，就很難完全排除交易過程中政府的影響。

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肺炎疫情：多國防範中國「抄底」資產 「去全球化」之戰打響？

香港科技大學經濟發展研究中心主任 及公共政策學部教授 黎麟祥教授 指出，中國和歐盟在併購上的監管力度對稱與否，會影響雙方外資併購的競爭公平。

A New Approach to Measuring Inequalities in Development

A study by SOSC Professor Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis has designed a viable alternative to the conventional Human Development Index as a means of measuring progress in development.

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Beyond the Pandemic: What We Have Learned, and Have Still to Learn – A Roundtable of Singaporean Social Scientists

IPP Senior Lecturer Prof. Donald LOW was among the speakers of a webinar hosted by Academia.SG on the "COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath".  He said the crisis has highlighted that we live in an increasingly globalized economy and society, however, we have not yet developed global shared norms or cooperative institutions to ensure sustainable use of our the world's resources.

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劉浩典教授 受邀出席線上英語論壇

香港科技大學公共政策研究學部高級講師暨實踐教授 劉浩典受邀出席線上英語論壇《冠病之後：在新工作大馬人的未來》。請點擊參閱詳情。

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新加坡政府應為疫情危機承擔什麼責任？

香港科技大學公共政策學部高級講師 劉浩典教授從外部觀察新加坡，看一貫「表現出色」的新加坡政府如何在抑制新冠病毒傳播的戰役中掙扎，尤其是對眾多低收入勞工居住（現已封閉隔離）的宿舍疫情防控的失敗。新加坡政府應該為日益嚴峻的疫情承擔什麼責任？

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新加坡應從疫情危機中汲取什麼教訓？

與新加坡政府被稱為「黃金標準」的舉措相比，香港科技大學公共政策學部高級講師 劉浩典教授認為香港政府的應對措施顯得蒼白無力。即使是香港人自己也不相信他們的政府，尤其是在2019年持續多月的遊行抗議後更是如此。但歪打正着的是，這種對當局的不信任似乎促使香港民眾採取了各種積極應對Covid-19病毒的手段。

THE ONLINE CITIZEN SINGAPORE

Do Singaporeans want to be ridiculed as Ah Q

IPP Senior Lecturer Prof. Donald LOW said  in an article that some Singaporeans' “self-superiority” have gone so far as to say that the low number of Covid 19 cases in Hong Kong and Taiwan are due to inadequate testing.

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第五屆中國首都治理論壇：“疫情防控常態化下的超大城市治理”成功舉辦

第五屆中國首都治理論壇：“疫情防控常態化下的超大城市治理”線上直播論壇成功於2020年4月18日舉辦。香港科技大學公共政策學院院長 吳遜教授 受邀與17位專家學者發表演講，內客圍繞疫情防控常態化下的超大城市治理相關問題，並進行了多角度的深入研討。請點擊查閱詳情。