2014
Shu “George” Chen
Senior Fellow, Centre for Civil Society and Governance
The University of Hong Kong
Shu “George” Chen is a Senior Fellow for the Centre for Civil Society and Governance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), for which he has helped to launch and lead the Tech for Good Initiative. As a practitioner–scholar, George’s career spans media, technology and policy for over two decades. Prior to the HKU, George served as Meta’s first-ever Managing Director of Public Policy for Greater China, Mongolia, and Central Asia for more than seven years, making him the most senior policy representative responsible for the vast the diverse regions. George joined Meta (then known as Facebook) in January 2016 to build the company’s regional policy operation from scratch out of its Hong Kong office. At Meta, George co-chaired its internal US-China relations committee and he also led the company’s supply chain related policy issues across the Asia Pacific region.
George also served in various editorial and management positions for major media organisations in Hong Kong and Shanghai, including the South China Morning Post (SCMP), Reuters, and Dow Jones. George was the youngest Managing Editor appointed by the SCMP in its century-long history. He also had short stints for Reuters in New York, London, and Dubai.
The 2014 World Fellows
A robotics engineer, an award-winning actress and director, a Syrian peace activist, a 2012 candidate for President of Iceland and 12 other multitalented, global leaders have been named 2014 Yale World Fellows. This cohort brings the total number of Yale World Fellows since the program’s inception in 2002 to 257 Fellows, representing 83 countries. “Like prior cohorts, this year’s Fellows are dynamic, high impact practitioners committed to effecting positive change,” said Yale World Fellows Director Michael Cappello, professor of Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine. “Through the Fellowship, Yale will provide these global leaders the valuable opportunity to take a step back from the intensity of their work and to...Read More
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BBC interview about stock market crisis in China
HKU and Meta Launch New Scholarship in Public Policy and Sustainability Leadership
The University of Hong Kong - 03/30/2022The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has received a HK$1.05 million donation from Meta (formerly known as Facebook) for supporting students’ research development on public policy, governance and sustainable development, in the form of a scholarship named “Facebook Scholarship in Public Policy and Sustainability Leadership” (the Scholarship).
