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Science/Tech See other Science/Tech Articles Title: Controversy in China over Nobel Prize winner, academy membership rules Want China Times Chinese medical researcher Tu Youyou, this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, is a controversial figure mainly because she is not a member of the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences. Tu, 84, along with two foreign scientists, has won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine for her role in developing an anti-malaria drug that has saved millions of lives in Africa and Asia. The award is considered a milestone in China's history of science and technology, as Tu is not only the first Chinese citizen but also the first Chinese-trained scientist ever to receive the prestigious science award. In China, she is a controversial figure who is being referred to by some internet users as the "three noes" winner: no medical degree, no doctorate and no membership in the country's "two academies" — the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. While some netizens are questioning the system of assessment and selection of members of the "two academies," others have been saying that the selection system takes domestic factors into account and does not need to follow the selection standards of other countries. Furthermore, membership is not a requirement to qualify for a Nobel Prize, Tu's defenders have argued. According to the membership rules of the "two academies," no more than 60 new members can be admitted at a time. The standards and requirements for membership also stipulate that research fellows and professors of Chinese nationality, or scholars and specialists with equivalent academic rank, who have made systematic and creative achievements and major contributions in the fields of science and technology, and are patriotic, honest and upright in their style of learning, may be nominated and elected as members. Tu, who has a bachelor's degree in pharmacy from Peking University, also won the prestigious Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award in 2011 for the discovery of artemisinin and its use in the treatment of malaria. A comment in the Chinese Communist Party-run People's Daily described Tu as an outspoken person who does not connect well with others. With the selection of new members of the "two academies" set to be finalized this month, further controversy and public debate can be expected when the list of new members is unveiled later this year. Poster Comment: outspoken person who does not connect well with others. Maybe good at spotting academic phonies; not fooled by an array of degrees/titles. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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