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Nobel laureate, Turing Award winner become Chinese citizens

Xinhua, February 21, 2017 Adjust font size:

Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang and Turing Award-winning computer scientist Andrew Chi-Chih Yao have given up their foreign citizenship and become Chinese citizens, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announce Tuesday.

The two scientists were formally hired as foreign academicians in accordance with the academy's regulations. Endi