Lok Sang Ho
Prof. Lok Sang Ho, an economist with a doctorate from the University of Toronto, is a veteran policy analyst with diverse interests ranging from international finance, wellbeing studies, housing, macroeconomic policy, and life education. He is the Director of Pan Sutong Shanghai-HK Economic Policy Research Institute and Director of China Economic Research Programme as well as Director of the STEAM Education and Research Centre. His book, Public Policy and the Public Interest is the first book on public policy that includes a chapter on human nature, and it also offers a formal definition of the public interest, which should be the only focus of all governments. He writes a weekly column for the China Daily.
Recent articles by Lok Sang Ho
22 October 2023
Biden and Xi should follow their generous instincts
President Joe Biden last June showed his ignorance and arrogance to the world, when he called President Xi Jinping a dictator. Apparently he does not realise the weight of his remark. As the leader of the worlds most powerful country, President Biden should understand that the responsibility of a leader must be to serve the countrys best interests. Given this imperative, no decent leader can be a dictator, because a leader, to be effective, must follow the dictates of the laws of nature.