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South China Morning Post
13-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Xi Jinping calls for unity, Pakistan's ‘ABC' system against India: SCMP daily highlights
Catch up on some of SCMP's biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing President Xi Jinping has called for countries to stand together to promote global peace and stability, stressing that 'there were no winners in tariff wars', in a veiled reference to the US. Transpacific shipping routes are set to witness a dramatic uptick in container traffic over the coming weeks, as businesses rush to front-load shipments to take advantage of a temporary reduction in US and Chinese tariffs, analysts said. China's investment in STEM is attracting top international mathematicians and helping to foster original research, according to Mok Ngaiming, chair of mathematics at the University of Hong Kong.
South China Morning Post
13-05-2025
- Science
- South China Morning Post
Why China is becoming more attractive to top mathematicians: Mok Ngaiming
In the third instalment of a series to mark the 10th anniversary of the Future Science Prize, Victoria Bela and Holly Chik look at Professor Mok Ngaiming's fundamental contributions to the field of complex differential geometry, which earned him the 2022 award in mathematics and computer science. The second part of the series can be found here Advertisement China's investment in STEM is attracting top international mathematicians and helping to foster original research, according to Mok Ngaiming , chair of mathematics at the University of Hong Kong. He said a shift from rote learning to encouraging innovation, coupled with growing international collaborations, could lead to significant mathematical advances in China, which has already lured well-known mathematicians to move from countries including Australia, France and the United States. Many of these, as well as Chinese-born academics returning home from the West, cited talented students, better work opportunities, and China's growing strength and investment in the field as some of the reasons for moving. 'The help from mathematicians with international experience is increasing,' he said. 'The coming back of haigui [overseas-trained talent] is important – these people are very enthusiastic in training future generations. They add to the development in that respect. Advertisement 'But finally how things will work still has to do with how the country educates its people. The most important thing is to develop people who are educated in the country because that should still form the bulk of the community. 'When you try to absorb advanced knowledge from outside, this can be from anyone. It is irrespective of nationality and so on.'
