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Exclusive | Maths guru Shing-Tung Yau on what China needs for global leadership in science

Cs news1 day ago02 mins

Shing-Tung Yau, one of the world’s most influential mathematicians, is chair of Tsinghua University’s Qiuzhen College, which is fast-tracking talented young students through a programme of his own design. Born in the southern province of Guangdong and educated in Hong Kong and the US, the 76-year-old shared his ideas on science and education, key to…

Top mathematician Shing-Tung Yau leads China’s bid for 2030 maths Olympics

Cs news8 months ago02 mins

China is vying with Japan and Britain to host the 2030 maths Olympics for the second time, after it first held the event in 2002, an initiative led by eminent mathematician Shing-Tung Yau. Yau is leading a team of 40 Chinese and international mathematicians in the bid for the 2030 International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM),…