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Straits Times
25-05-2025
- Science
- Straits Times
China's universities are wooing Western scientists
A handful of senior Western scholars have recently taken up posts in China, at universities such as Tsinghua. PHOTO: Dr Charles Lieber had few options. On April 28, the renowned former Harvard chemist took up a new post at Tsinghua University's Shenzhen campus. Dr Lieber had been looking for a perch after he was convicted in America in 2021 for hiding ties to Chinese research funding. He is one of a handful of senior Western scholars who have recently taken up posts in China. Others have done so more from a position of choice. The websites of Peking University and Tsinghua University, respectively, recently confirmed that Dr Gerard Mourou, a French Nobel prize-winning physicist, and Dr Kenji Fukaya, a decorated Japanese mathematician, were joining their faculties. Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
South China Morning Post
07-05-2025
- Science
- South China Morning Post
China's chip production breakthrough, 480-million-year-old cave: 7 science highlights
We have put together stories from our coverage on science from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing Chinese researchers have cracked a barrier to the home-grown production of advanced chips by building an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source platform that operates at internationally competitive parameters, according to a research paper. Researchers at one of China's top defence electronics institutes say they can track advanced US stealth radars to the centimetre using modified commercial detection gear, a development that would have the potential to change the dynamics of electronic warfare. Retired Harvard University chemist and nanoscientist Charles Lieber, who was convicted in 2021 for not disclosing his connections to a Chinese talent programme, has joined Tsinghua University as a chair professor.
South China Morning Post
01-05-2025
- Science
- South China Morning Post
Former Harvard professor convicted over China ties joins Tsinghua University
Retired Harvard University chemist and nanoscientist Charles Lieber, who was convicted in 2021 for not disclosing his connections to a Chinese talent programme, has joined Tsinghua University as a chair professor. Advertisement Lieber, 66, a pioneer in the integration of nanotechnology for use in biology and medicine, will be researching at the Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, launched by the top Chinese university in 2019. Lieber said his goal in the next few years was to 'work with everyone to build a global science and technology hub and realise more scientific dreams in the vibrant and innovative city of Shenzhen', according to a social media post by the graduate school on Thursday. 'He is ready to start a new research journey in Shenzhen and cannot wait to get to work as soon as possible,' the post said. Lieber told the South China Morning Post last year that he was exploring work opportunities in mainland China and Hong Kong. He said at the time that he aimed to find an institution where he could best conduct research to benefit all, and where he would best be able to aid other researchers in their work. Advertisement Lieber will also take on an investigator role at the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation, founded and led by biologist Nieng Yan, who returned to China in 2022 after five years at Princeton University in the United States. 'Professor Lieber is a top scientist whom I have been following for the past 20 years,' Yan was quoted as saying in the graduate school's social media post. 'I believe that the arrival of Professor Lieber will open a new chapter for the development of education and scientific research in Shenzhen.'
