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Secret project wins Chinese scientist a Nobel

October 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Didi Tang Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The time could not have been more hostile for Chinese scientists. Research came to a virtual halt and intellectuals were routinely persecuted. But Tu Youyou, then a 39-year-old researcher, was summoned to join a secretive military project during the Cultural Revolution to find a cure for malaria […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, AP, Associated Press, China, Chinese, Cultural Revolution, Ge Hong, New York, Nobel Prize, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Tu Youyou, United States, Vol 34 No 43 | October 17 - October 23

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