By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-12-20 04:31:40 | Updated at 2024-12-20 11:11:08
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1. Leading cancer scientist Sun Shao-Cong returns to China amid US investigations
After three decades of distinguished work in the United States, world-leading cancer researcher Sun Shao-Cong has returned to China to establish a new lab in Beijing, following what a source said were investigations of him by the US government.
2. French Nobel-winning laser scientist Gérard Mourou joins China’s top university
French physicist and Nobel laureate Gérard Mourou has joined Peking University’s school of physics as a chair professor, where he is expected to play a “crucial role” in the establishment of an institute focused on research and international collaborations.
3. Respected mathematician Kenji Fukaya leaves US for China’s Tsinghua University
Award-winning Japanese mathematician Kenji Fukaya has left Stony Brook University in the US to join China’s Tsinghua University as a full-time professor.
