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Yang Wang on Science and Technology in China, Hong Kong Protests, and Coronavirus – #34

Yang Wang on Science and Technology in China, Hong Kong Protests, and Coronavirus – #34

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Yang Wang on Science and Technology in China, Hong Kong Protests, and Coronavirus – #34

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Length:
81 minutes
Released:
Feb 20, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Yang Wang is Dean of Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Professor Wang received his BS degree in mathematics from University of Science and Technology of China in 1983, and his PhD degree from Harvard University in 1990 under the supervision of Fields medalist David Mumford. He served as Chair of the Mathematics department at Michigan State University before joining HKUST.Topics

2:50 – US-China Relations: Has China advanced through the development of human capital or the theft of intellectual property?

16:23 – Academic Culture in China

33:00 – Hong Kong Protests: Economic inequality, housing prices, and outside actors.

1:04:09 – Coronavirus COVID-19: Has the Coronavirus established a new mode of online education in Hong Kong? Yang makes a forecast about the epidemic’s trajectory.
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Yang Wang, Dean of Science at HKUST
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Released:
Feb 20, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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