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

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 22 Sept 2026, 16:17 UTC. The headline in use is “CUHK economist apologises over talk that examined women ‘marrying for money’”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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A prominent 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, delivered his talk…
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CUHK economist apologises over talk that examined women ‘marrying for money’
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