By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-11-26 23:06:50 | Updated at 2024-11-27 01:33:45
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“At the moment, we are artificially creating a barrier between the US and mainland China, and that will stifle the development of technology,” Lawrence Cheung Chi-chong, HKPC’s chief technology officer, said in an interview on the sidelines of an AI conference organised by the council on Tuesday.
“A lot of times for us, we don’t know whether we should reach out to our Western counterparts to work with them,” Cheung told the South China Morning Post. “Because even if they have interest to work with us … they may not have the freedom to [do so]. And that is sad in a way.”
“So from a scientist’s point of view, it has been difficult over the past few years, particularly in the AI area,” he said.
Cheung’s comments reflect how Hong Kong, in recent years, has been caught in the crossfire of trade tensions and escalating tech rivalry between the US and China.
