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RTHK
2 days ago
- Business
- RTHK
China 'better prepared' to deal with US tariff threats
A China expert on Monday said that Beijing is well prepared to deal with US President Donald Trump's tariff threats, with the nation now less dependent on American comments come ahead of expected trade talks between Vice Premier He Lifeng and a US delegation in Britain, the second round of such negotiations between the world's two biggest economies since Trump launched his trade war shortly after returning to the White House in Bo, a senior fellow at the Centre for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University, was speaking to RTHK's Hong Kong Today programme "I think China is becoming better prepared because China has dealt with him (Trump) before and China's dependency on America actually has been reduced," Zhou, who is a retired People's Liberation Army senior colonel, said."Throughout this kind of tariff war, you can see that China, from the very beginning, stand firm. China said it would fight to the end if necessary, while China is also open to last Thursday's phone conversation between President Xi Jinping and Trump, Zhou said the exchange was extremely important."Just imagine the largest economies not to talk to each other, then all other people would watch would be a huge relief for people around the world."Zhou also said he was optimistic that both sides will make progress at the talks in London."I think from the Chinese side, the requirement is very simple. China just wants to be respected, China just wants to be treated on an equal footing."I hope, and I'm sure, there will definitely be some kind of positive results," he on Truth Social platform, Trump said in a post that "the meeting should go very well".He added that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer would meet the Chinese delegation. (Additional reporting by AFP)
RTHK
2 days ago
- Business
- RTHK
China 'better prepared' to deal with US tariff threats
A China expert on Monday said that Beijing is well prepared to deal with US President Donald Trump's tariff threats, with the nation now less dependent on American comments come ahead of expected trade talks between Vice Premier He Lifeng and a US delegation in Britain, the second round of such negotiations between the world's two biggest economies since Trump launched his trade war shortly after returning to the White House in Bo, a senior fellow at the Centre for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University, was speaking to RTHK's Hong Kong Today programme "I think China is becoming better prepared because China has dealt with him (Trump) before and China's dependency on America actually has been reduced," Zhou, who is a retired People's Liberation Army senior colonel, said."Throughout this kind of tariff war, you can see that China, from the very beginning, stand firm. China said it would fight to the end if necessary, while China is also open to last Thursday's phone conversation between President Xi Jinping and Trump, Zhou said the exchange was extremely important."Just imagine the largest economies not to talk to each other, then all other people would watch would be a huge relief for people around the world."Zhou also said he was optimistic that both sides will make progress at the talks in London."I think from the Chinese side, the requirement is very simple. China just wants to be respected, China just wants to be treated on an equal footing."I hope, and I'm sure, there will definitely be some kind of positive results," he on Truth Social platform, Trump said in a post that "the meeting should go very well".He added that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer would meet the Chinese delegation. (Additional reporting by AFP)
RTHK
26-05-2025
- Politics
- RTHK
Get in touch with Harvard students directly: expert
Hong Kong's tertiary institutions should be more proactive in reaching out to SAR and other overseas students studying at Harvard University, a concern group said, after the US government revoked certification which enabled the prestigious school to enrol foreign Hong Kong University of Science and Technology became the first school in Hong Kong to openly invite existing and prospective Harvard students last week, offering them streamlined admission procedures and transition Cheung, chairman of the Hong Kong Education Policy Concern Organisation, felt that was only the first of many steps local universities can take to lure this batch of elite talent.'Instead of just transmitting the messages electronically or through the press media in Hong Kong, they can reach out to the Harvard campuses and get in touch with the students who are worrying about their futures at Harvard,' he told RTHK's Hong Kong Today programme Cheung noted prospective students who've received Harvard offers are also facing enormous pressure."Unless they are graduating this summer, they also face a risk of deportation if [US President Donald] Trump's decision is really to be implemented," he added."The public opinion... in the US seems to be rather unfavourable to students coming from other countries to do the university studies in the US, especially Chinese students."Meanwhile, an educational consultant gave prospective students some tips on their application procedures."I would say the second semester or term in their second to last year of high school, then we can actually talk together and discuss what kind of school [they should] apply for,' said Jonathan Ma, regional manager and senior academic adviser at Crimson students seeking transfers should study not just the overall ranking of target institutions, but also the ranking of the subject they're doing, he said."If students manage to get into Harvard, then they will potentially be looking at Ivy (League) schools…if not, then Ivy Plus."If they're doing STEM subjects, then maybe I would say MIT or Stanford will be very good alternatives as well."
RTHK
23-05-2025
- Business
- RTHK
Call to minimise fallout from builder's projects ban
A lawmaker says the government had "no choice" but to pull the plug on a major contractor in charge of several public construction projects, saying work-site safety must come first when renewing the registration of Wai-kwok, who represents the engineering sector, also said he hopes authorities would do their best to ensure that existing subcontractors and staff can stay on when projects being handled by the major contractor are passed on to new made the call following an announcement by Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn on Thursday that Aggressive Construction will be removed from the government's list of approved general building contractors from June firm was involved in multiple construction incidents between 2020 and 2023, resulting in five on RTHK's Hong Kong Today programme on Friday, Lo explained why it took the government years to make up its mind."The time taken seems to be quite long, but we have to understand that to deal with such an application is indeed not an easy task," he said."The Buildings Department and the Contractor Registration Committee had to verify all the data submitted and analyse the incidents and the track record of the company, their submission."And they have to interview the authorised signatories and the project directors these really take time and it's not an easy decision."Aggressive Construction has been given one month to wrap up its said the firm is in charge of six public projects, including four housing estates."This, unfortunately, will cause delays for these projects, but I think we've got no choice," he speed up the transition, the lawmaker expects the government to directly engage "trustworthy" contractors, instead of inviting interested firms to lodge tenders.
RTHK
16-05-2025
- Business
- RTHK
DAB hosts talks on strengthening HK's logistics role
The DAB held its fourth round table on Thursday to gather opinions on how to strengthen Hong Kong's status as an international logistics and aviation party said it would compile different views and submit a report to the government, to push forward the city's development in trading and on RTHK's Hong Kong Today programme , lawmaker Holden Chow said the discussion generated a lot of ideas."Some key takeaways here is: first of all, stakeholders believe, the guests believe, that Hong Kong has always enjoyed an international logistic hub status, but we do face some kind of challenges on the status of our container port, we face a lot of competition from other mainland cities."But at the same time, they do give some suggestions of how to ramp up our effort to reinforce our logistical status. Like, for example, we should make good use of technology. The industry itself should actually upgrade the technology. We could do a sort of a smart logistic systems," Chow also noted the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration made it imperative for Hong Kong to diversify into new markets."Given that we have seen [US President] Donald Trump's unpredictable behaviour, and he is totally unpredictable, and he could change in a split of a second, and he could actually change his policy right away, so we face this sort of uncertainty.""For guests and stakeholders, they believe that in the long run, we should actually explore more markets outside the United States, given that sort of uncertainty."
