FIELDS MEDALLISTS HIGHLIGHT NEW WAVE OF CHINESE SCIENTISTS LEADING GLOBAL RESEARCH
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Two Peking University alumni made history by winning the Fields Medal this week, a victory spotlighting a broader wave of young high-achieving Chinese scientists rising to global prominence. The International Congress of Mathematicians announced on Thursday that Wang Hong and Deng Yu, both of whom entered the top Chinese university in 2007, were awarded the highest honour for mathematicians under 40.
According to News - South China Morning Post, Two Peking University alumni made history by winning the Fields Medal this week, a victory spotlighting a broader wave of young high-achieving Chinese scientists rising to global prominence.
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- News - South China Morning Post: Two Peking University alumni made history by winning the Fields Medal this week, a victory spotlighting a broader wave of young high-achieving Chinese scientists rising to global prominence.
- News - South China Morning Post: The International Congress of Mathematicians announced on Thursday that Wang Hong and Deng Yu, both of whom entered the top Chinese university in 2007, were awarded the highest honour for mathematicians under 40.
- News - South China Morning Post: It is the first time Chinese nationals have received the prestigious award often called the...
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