To: Julius Wong who wrote (209519 ) 12/20/2024 12:24:22 AM From: TobagoJack Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218465 Re <<Ask>> … some crop, value for policiesscmp.com 7 scientists, mathematicians, physicists and experts who moved to China in 2024 - From a Nobel-winning laser scientist to an award-winning mathematician, here are some experts who made the move Reading Time:2 minutes SCMP Published: 12:15pm, 20 Dec 2024 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. 4. Award-winning mathematician Ma Xiaonan leaves Europe for China Chinese mathematician Ma Xiaonan is returning to China after decades in Europe to take up a chair professorship at Nankai University in Tianjin. Photo: Wuhan University Award-winning Chinese mathematician Ma Xiaonan has left his decades-long career in Europe to join Nankai University in Tianjin, according to an announcement on the university’s website. 5. British chair professor joins China’s hypersonic programme After more than 20 years in Britain as a prominent physicist dedicated to unveiling the secrets of superfast fluids, Zhang Yonghao has joined China’s new national hypersonic laboratory in Beijing. 6. Global climate expert Chen Deliang returns to China after decades in Europe After more than three decades in Europe, leading climate expert and fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Chen Deliang has returned to China to take up a full-time position at Tsinghua University. 7. Award-winning mathematician Wang Xujia back in China after decades in Australia Wang Xujia, a renowned Chinese-Australian mathematician and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Sciences, has returned to his hometown of Hangzhou to join China’s prestigious Westlake University after nearly three decades abroad.