I have been a big fan of Prof. Steven N. S. Cheung for over 20 years and have read countless books and articles by him during that time. I even wrote a blog entry called “Ronald H. Coase & Steven N. S. Cheung – Great minds of our time” to show my admiration for these two great economists.
Since October 2007, four volunteers (including me) worked together to improve Prof. Cheung’s Wikipedia entry and we finally considered it in a reasonable state and ready for others to further enhance it.
I would like to thank Wallace for doing most of the writing and research; Aries for good discussions and points, and introducing Wallace to me; and my friend Angela for introducing Aries to me in the first place. My part was doing some editing, rewording, and minor economics research to make the entry reads more in an “encyclopedic” tone (whatever that means (smile)). And also starting this project.
So please check out the new revised Wikipedia entry of Prof. Steven N. S. Cheung. I hope you will find the entry more balanced in content and not having a disproportional part of the entry about the professor’s legal troubles.
P.S. If you can read simplified Chinese, I highly recommend his official blog where he does Q&A with readers.
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Friday, 7 December, 2007 at 6:07 PM
Hello Kempton,
Well done by your group of four volunteers to publish the revised edition about Prof. Steven N. S. Cheung. It took more than one year’s time but ahead the conference held by him this month in Beijing.
We would appreciate further edition to include more details of the contribution from Prof. Steven N. S. Cheung to the economic reform in China.
Simon
Friday, 7 December, 2007 at 6:43 PM
Thanks a lot Simon for your kind words. This update is simply overdue. May be most of the students of the good Prof. Cheung know far too well how much their time worth and they were not willing to spend the needed time to fix the entry.
I am glad we took the time and got the job done.
Cheers,
Kempton
Tuesday, 11 December, 2007 at 12:04 AM
Thank you for making me the official free-rider, Kempton:P
Tuesday, 11 December, 2007 at 12:14 AM
Hi Angela,
With you as a middle lady, I won’t get all the others’ insight and Wallace’s help. So thanks again. Crediting you for your help is definitely a transaction cost worth “paying”.
Best Regards,
Kempton