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China has another solution to its shrinking population: robots
Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN was quoted in a CNN report on China's solution to its shrinking population, saying that if China continues on its current trajectory from the last 20 or 30 years, it will face a massive crisis due to the mismatch between their population system and economic system. Read the full ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2026/china-has-another-solution-to
When Disaster Strikes: How Climate Events Influence Employment Preferences
Abstract This paper examines how experiences with climate disasters shape workers’ employment preferences. We find that, in disaster-affected areas, firms with worse environmental performance fill vacancies more slowly and hire lower quality employees than better environmentally performing firms, compared to ...
https://iems.ust.hk/publications/iems-working-papers/when-disaster-strikes
GBA Career Exploration@Qianhai
GBA Career Exploration at Qianhai  On 7 November 2025, EY, Dean of Business and Management (DBM), and HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS) co-organized the “GBA Career Exploration@Qianhai”, bringing together 50 students from HKUST and HKUST (Guangzhou) to explore ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/iems-updates/2025/gba-career-exploration-qianhai
SCMP: China’s Factory Owners Prefer Robots to Job-Hoppers
Reflecting a fundamental change in China’s labour market, insufficient labour supply has become a primary concern for factory owners, according to a survey of 1,200 Chinese manufacturers. When interviewed by the South China Morning Post, IEMS Director Albert Park suggests that “With high worker turnover, ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2017/chinas-factory-owners-pick-robots-over-job-hopping-workers
China Employer-Employee Survey Releases First Report
HKUST Researchers Reveal Challenges and Hope for Chinese Manufacturers and Workers in Joint-University Cross-province Survey Hong Kong. June 20, 2017 — Time is running out fast for Chinese manufacturers to adapt to an increasingly hostile business environment, as well as for Chinese workers to upskill and keep ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/iems-updates/2017/china-employer-employee-survey-releases-first-report
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