CUHK economist apologises over talk that examined women ‘marrying for money’

News - South China Morning Post · Sep 22, 2026

An economist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong has apologised after he analysed women “marrying for money” in a talk on campus that led students to accuse him of making gender-biased remarks. The backlash erupted shortly after Terence Chong Tai-leung, an associate professor of economics, spoke about investing in one’s life at a bi-weekly assembly of New Asia College on Tuesday. According to posts on social media platform Threads, slides presented by Chong included one titled “Economics of...