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Shing-Tung Yau

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Shing-Tung Yau
丘成桐
The latest news and top stories on Yau Shing-tung, a Chinese-American mathematician and the Director of the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center at Tsinghua University and Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. Known for his contributions to differential geometry and geometric analysis, he was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982 for solving the Calabi conjecture and the positive mass conjecture. His expertise spans partial differential equations, general relativity and string theory. He has founded several mathematical institutes in China and actively promotes mathematics development.
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Video | Chinese mathematicians win Fields Medal

The pair are the first Chinese nationals to win the ‘Nobel Prize of mathematics’.

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Fields Medallists lead new wave of young Chinese scientists in global research

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Hong Kong loses 2030 maths congress to Glasgow. Does Asia need a stronger voice?

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As China narrows maths gap with US, Hong Kong bids to host 2030 global event

Top mathematicians see candidacy as ‘tipping point’, with one saying ‘moment has now arrived’ for finest Chinese students to study at home.

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Hong Kong's open immigration policy is a selling point for hosting global events. Photo: Karma Lo
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Will China’s mathematicians join a global effort to boycott the United States?

Question hovers as world’s premier mathematics conference faces revolt over American visa rules and foreign policies.

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SCMP Plus exclusive: meet Shing-Tung Yau in person

World-renowned mathematician and educator to feature in exclusive in-person event for SCMP Plus subscribers in Hong Kong.

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Epstein files reveal proposal for Tsinghua University campus in Boston

Prominent figures affiliated with the top Chinese university and Harvard discuss the plans in newly released emails.

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Emails from 2016 suggest China’s Tsinghua University had agreed to build a branch campus in Boston, but the plans later fell through. Photo: Shutterstock
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Open Questions | How Trump ‘stunned’ China; ‘Western hegemony is over’: 12 interviews from 2025

From acclaimed academics and writers to influential economists and policymakers, here are some of our best Open Questions interviews of the year.

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How China turned a cement factory into a haven for mathematicians

Beijing research institute has become a magnet for global talent, drawing Fields medallists, quantum physicists and others from 21 nations.

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Has China pulled the plug on world’s largest particle collider?

Multibillion-dollar research proposal to study Higgs bosons did not make the shortlist for the nation’s next five-year plan, lead scientist says.

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The Circular Electron-Positron Collider (CEPC), a project designed to smash electrons and their antimatter counterparts to study Higgs bosons with unprecedented precision, was not put forward for government consideration in China’s next five-year plan, according to lead scientist Wang Yifang. Photo: Shutterstock Images
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US fuels brain drain to China with Trump’s anti-science ‘Cultural Revolution’

Chinese-American researchers are finding similarities with chaotic period under Mao Zedong that targeted intellectuals in China.

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As the Donald Trump administration slashes research funding and brings institutes under broader political control, some Chinese-American scientists are drawing parallels with China’s Cultural Revolution. Photo: AFP
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China’s exports rebound, military mouthpiece’s PLA vow: SCMP daily highlights

From China’s outbound shipments beating estimates to a maths guru on domestically groomed talent, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

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Open Questions | Shing-Tung Yau on why China needs to ‘chart its own path’ for tech independence

Influential maths expert calls to nurture domestic talent, notes ‘profound symbolic weight’ of Hong Kong’s bid to host top 2030 conference.

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Open Questions | Top mathematician on China’s talent gap, role of pure science

Tsinghua University’s Shing-Tung Yau on how China can stop being a follower in science, an opportunity for Hong Kong and chaos in Trump’s US.

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China’s military parade shows the power of maths: Shing-Tung Yau

Global leadership hinges on ‘strong foundation in basic sciences’ with top talent at ‘forefront of technology’, professor says.

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A member of the People’s Liberation Army stands at attention as the maritime operations group displays YJ-19 hypersonic anti-ship missiles during a military parade in Beijing on Wednesday marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Photo: Reuters
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‘Will you leave US for China?’ It depends, mathematician Terence Tao says

Trump funding cuts have left situation more ‘fluid and unstable’ than at any time in the last 30 years, Tao says.

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Maths star Hong Wang targeted by China’s cyber nationalists for English lectures

Internet users accuse Fields Medal contender bound for Paris of serving US interests because of her choice of language, overseas experience.

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