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# USTC Alumni Communication No. 13 #
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1. <<Science>> Articles on Sceince in China and USTC.................
2. News about USTC (8 items).........................................
3. Chicago local news (2 items)......................................
4. Job opportunity (1 item)..........................................
5. Other (1 item)....................................................
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1. <<Science>> Articles on Sceince in China and USTC.................
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>From: Science, November 17, 1995 issue
Along with a sattelite picture of China, five Chinese characters
-- Zhong Guo Zhi Ke Xue -- were printed on the cover of the famous
magazine published by the American Association for the Advancement
of Science, it serves as the cover page for their special report
entitled: Science in China -- A Great Leap Forward.
This report describes a general up to date picture of scientific
research, not only people have a glimpse of the Long March to Topnotch
Science, its great achievement and grand future, but also they present
problems facing Chinese science community. Especially, USTC as an
elite force in Chinese science was mentioned a number of times in
this report.
Such as:
(1) Page 1133, in the "Scientific Geography of China", Hefei
was mentioned as: Science island. Provincial capital is
home to elite University of Science and Technology of China,
the national synchrotron radiation lab, and four CAS institutes
on a tiny island whose "mayor" is head of the local CAS branch.
(2) Page 1134, when they talk about that Chinese scientists now have
to compete for research funds, sometimes they have to rely on
personal connections rather than peer review, they quote
"I think we are headed in the right direction," says Chu Yaoquan
director of the Center for Astrophysics at the University of
Science and Technology of China(USTC) in Hefei and a co-leader
of a project to build a novel optical telescope. "But we still
have a long way to go before we get there."
(3) Page 1136, a chart for the ranking of Chinese universities in terms
of number of citations, the top five are:
Beijing University
Nanjing University
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
Fudan University, Shanghai
Qinghua University, Beijing
(4) Page 1136, a special section entitled "Island adventure" was devoted
to the survival story of "four CAS institutes on a tiny island in
an artificial lake that is 45-minute drive from USTC".
(5) Page 1140, picture of Hefei's National Synchrotron Radiation Lab.
(6) Page 1140, a chart of six planned big science projetcs in China,
USTC will paly leadership role in three of them:
Tokamak upgrade Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei
(HT-7U)
Optical Telescope Localed in Beijing Xinglong Astro.
(LAMOST) Observvatory but Professor Chu Yaoquan
of USTC is the co-leader of the project
National synchrotron USTC
radiation lab upgrade
(7) Page 1142, ironically when they talk about how Chinese researchers
resist lure of commerce, they reported problems facing USTC:
Perhaps it's no accident that the emerald-colored mirrored glass
that sheaths the soaring office tower in the south China economic
boom town of Shenzhen shines like a precious jewel. It's the most
prominent feature in the region, which embodies the get-rich-quick
philosophy that has drawn thousands of scientists unwilling to
pursue a long, arduous, and financially unrewarding path to glory.
"I wanted him to go to America to study, but he says that doing
research is too hard," recalls Qian Yitai, a chemistry professor
at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in
Hefei,
about one promising student. "Now he manages a McDonald's restaurant
in Shenzhen, and he's made enough money to go to America three times
as a tourist."
Location is another important factor. Just being in an out-of-the-way
place can be enough to tip the scales against a top-flight
institution.
"In the past 2 years we have lost eight professors in a 25-person
department," says mathematician Feng Keqin, vice president for
research at the USTC, about 400 kilometers west of Shanghai. "They
want to go to the big cities."
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2. News about USTC...................................................
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(1). Hefei High-Performance Computing Center.
> from ldz@franck.uchicago.edu.
According to Chinese Science News (overseas edition), Hefei High-P-
Performance Computing Center has been established on USTC campus with
the approval of the State Science and Technology Commission. The center
houses the first "Shu Guang 1000" large scale parallel computer, which
resulted from a key research project of the national "863" plan by
the State Research and Development Center for Intelligent Computer
achievement indicates that China has attained the world's leadership
in large scale computing and parallel processing technology. The setup
of the center and the operation of "Shu Guang 1000" will enable more
comprehensive and more accurate analysis of water conditions of Huai
River Area and provide decison making support for preventing flooding and
will
will end the history that Anhui had not been able to conduct digital
weather forecast. It will make possible more precise weather forecast and
will play an active role in China's disaster prevention and reduction.
The establishment of the center also marks a news stage of USTC's
research infrastructural development and betterment of the reseacrh
conditions of the Hefei Science and Education Zone.
(2). 54 Grant Proposals Approved by National Science Foundation of China
>From: USTC Newspaper (Chinese version available at USTCAF homepage
http://www.math.udel.edu/dept/szhang/fund.html )
The National Science Foundation of China has finished reviewing of
grant proposals for 1995, 303 million RMB is awarded to 3,480
projects, averaging 87,000 RMB for every project, only 16.6% proposals
were approved. Among the 234 proposals submitted by USTC researchers,
54 were approved with 4.3 million RMB awards. With high approving
rate of 23.6%, USTC ranked No.9 in China in terms of number of
approved projects and amount of research fund from NSFC.
Breaking up into diciplines, USTC won 1.9 million RMB in 27 projects
in Maths and Physics; 720,000 RMB in 8 Chemistry projects; 380K in
5 Earth Science projetcs, 340K in 4 Biology projects. The highest
award went to Professor Zhu Qinshi -- 180K for a single project.
(3). Governor of Anhui Province Vist USTC
>From: USTC Newspaper (Chinese version available at USTCAF homepage
http://www.math.udel.edu/dept/szhang/fund.html )
On November 8, 1995, in the eve of Anhui Science of Technology
Conference, Hui Liangyu, current Governor of Anhui Province visited
USTC along with officials responsible for Education, Science and
Technology in both provicial government and Hefei City government.
They held meeting with President Tang, Honggao and other leaders of
USTC, academians at USTC, and representatives of the faculty members.
Governor Hui highly appreciate the elite status and impact of USTC
in the science and education community both in the national level
and in Anhui province. He pointed out that one would underestimate
the achievement and capability of Anhui and Hefei if one missed the
achievement and capability of USTC; It would be a great loss if one
didn't count on the contribution from USTC.
In his talk, Governor Hui pledged to actively collaborate with CAS
on helping the development of USTC, not only in terms of favoring
policy, but also in terms of financial support as Anhui economic
muscle strength increases.
(4). 1995 National Outstanding Young Scientist Grant Rewarded
>From: USTC Newspaper (Chinese version available at USTCAF homepage
http://www.math.udel.edu/dept/szhang/fund.html )
Two young scientist from USTC won the research grants from the
National Young Scientist Foundation, they are Associate Research
Fellow Hou, Jianguo and Professor Guo, Qipeng. So far total 4 people
from USTC won this grant since the foundation started operation in
1994. This year 81 recipients were selected from 385 applicants.
(5). 15 Returning Scholars Hornored
>From: USTC Newspaper (Chinese version available at USTCAF homepage
http://www.math.udel.edu/dept/szhang/fund.html )
On October 30, Anhui provincial government awarded the title of
"Anhui Province Outstanding Returning Scholar" to 54 people from
23 organizations, 15 researchers from USTC received this hornor.
They are Zheng Yongfei, Li Sifu, Chen Guoliang, Liu Zuping, Wang
Xufa, Li Xiaoguang, Li Chuanqi, Chen Shuxia, Zhao Texiu, Hu Xiwei,
Liu Wenhan, Sun Weidong, Zhang Xinyuan, Fang Zhaoben, Li Rukang.
It is reported that the returning rate for overseas students and
scholars in Anhui province is 41.5% higher than the national average
30.4%. Among these returning scholars, 7 became academians; 15 won
the national title of Young Expert with Outstanding Acievement;
310 receive special salary from government; over 81% of them were
awarded with high level technical positions.
(6). Graduate Program Examination Waiver for Class of 1991
>From: USTC Newspaper (Chinese version available at USTCAF homepage
http://www.math.udel.edu/dept/szhang/fund.html )
Among the 612 future graduates of the 1991 class, 95 of them or 15.5%
were accepted into graduate schools without examination. 49 of these
students will continue their graduate study in USTC. 36 will go to
various CAS institutes. The rest 10 will go to institutes under
administration of other government ministries.
(7). New official USTC homepage back in China.
>From editor.
A new USTC homepage has been built, it can reached by:
http://202.112.25.81 or
http://202.112.25.83
(8). Three Big Science Projects in USTC.
>From: tao@enif.astro.indiana.edu
There are three Big Science Projects in USTC, they are LAMOST,
Synchrotron Radiation, Tokmark(Co-Operated with Institute of
Plasma Physics). Among them, LAMOST(Large Sky Area Multi-Objects
Fiber Spectroscopic Sky Telescope) is an attractive project, which
will promote the astrophysics and astronomy in USTC and China
to a new level. This telescope will be co-operated by USTC and
Beijing Observatory although it's not located in Hefei because
XingLong, Beijing is the best observation location in China.
At the mean time, the Center for Astronomical Data will be set
up in USTC(more than one million yuan will be spent on it). It's
a good chance for many overseas USTC alumni to join this big
project. You can contact Chu Yaoquan directly via e-mail:
yqchu@hpe25.nic.ustc.ac.cn. Prof. Chu is in charge of this
project. If you find it's unconvenient for you to contact the
person in China, you can contact tao@enif.astro.indiana.edu
to get more information about this project.
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3. Chicago local news................................................
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(1). USTC Alumnus won the first trophy in speech competition.
> from editor.
On Noverber 25, 1995, at the grand Thanksgiving Party sponsored
by 10 organizations for Chinese students and professionals in Chicago
area including USTC alumni association, Liu Dongzi (8500,854) won
the first trophy in the speech competition. As the only representative
from USTC alumni association, his outstanding performance shadowed
those from other top Universities in China.
As Liu Dongzi mentioned in his speech, "to achieve greater success
in one's career, only 10% is due to one's technical skills; the other
85% depends on one's inter-personal skills and social connections",
hopefully his victory could boost the confidence of USTC alumni to
get more envolved in local community and become successful in their
chosen careers.
(2).Chicago Chinese Bridge Competition
>From Weiqing Huang, whuang@hardrock.rad.rpslmc.edu
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== WIND BRIDGE CUP ==
== Chicago Chinese Bridge Competition ==
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This is a big bridge competition among Chinese bridge fans in
Chicago area. If you love to play bridge, it is a good opportunity
to meet friends through bridge. You are encouraged to enroll as early
as you can. Please contact following persons. You can enroll as a
dividual or as a team. Awards are waiting for winners.
TIME: 12-9-1995 (Saturday)
PLACE: Fermi National Lab
CONTACT PERSONS: ZHOU Li, 708-309-1539 (H)
TANG Zijing, 708-978-4695 (H)
LI Daxing, 708-635-3233 (O)
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4. Job opportunity...................................................
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> from Li wenshuo ( wenshuo@rainbow.uchicago.edu )
Rohm and Haas Company, a Fortune 200 specialty chemical company
headquartered in Philadelphia. They have four major business groups:
(i). Polymers, Resins and Monomers
(ii). Plastics
(iii). Performance Chemicals
(iv). Agricultural Chemicals
They are very interested in Ph.D. chemists and currently employ
about 800 Ph.D.s. Interested alumni may send their resume to:
Rohm and Haas Company
Corporate Staffing
Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19105.
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(1). Harry Wu=Traitor of China.
>From: Wenbin Lin <wlin@merle.acns.nwu.edu>
Mr. Harry Wu gave a speech to an audience of 300-400 people at
Northwestern University at the night of November 10, 1995. I was one of
very few Chinese students and scholars (a total of about 10 of us) in the
audience. After listening to his speech, I became very upset about Mr.
Wu's very hostile attitude towards China (including Chinese People). I
would like to recast in the following some of Mr. Wu's opinions and
arguments.
Harry Wu's speech consisted of two parts: after talking about his
"ordeal" during his "notorious" recent trip to China, he showed two
segments of tape--one from CBS "60 minutes" about export of the products
from forced labor in Chinese labor camps and the other from BBC documentary
about organ extraction from executed prisoners in China. His talk was very
dull with no real information (to CSS) besides bragging about how easy it
is for him to get out of trouble with the help from certain people in this
country. As for the two segments of "news" from CBS and BBC, they were
basically fabricated by Mr. Wu. They were completely dramatized, but not
real news. Here I would like to admit that there are a lot of problems in
China now, and probably things like forced labor and organ extraction from
executed prisoners do happen in China. But It is certainly not like what
Mr. Wu said in his speech--"33 percent of Chinese exports to the United
States were made under the Lao-gai system". Figures like this really
excite some of the people in the audience. For example, following his
speech, a lady asked Mr. Wu how one can identify Chinese goods made by
forced labor because she is intending to boycott these products from China.
As a CSS here in the United States, I don't think we want this kind of end
result from Harry Wu's defamatory speeches.
In his response to a question from an America-born-Asian on how
this country should treat China (i.e., should western countries try to
isolate China or try to help China through economic development), Mr. Wu's
hostility towards China became very clear. He simply stated that China
should be stopped now. In his words, if China becomes economically
powerful, it will be politically and militarily powerful, that will be very
dangerous. (I think he is right in the sense that China would have jailed
him after he had violated Chinese laws). I don't think any overseas CSS
should tolerate this line of argument. Although we may be well-off in this
country, we can get the respect we deserve only if China, our motherland
becomes a richer nation.
When a fellow CSS asked him about his breaking Chinese law by
posing as a policeman in China, Mr. Wu responded that because the law was
made by Chinese government he is happy to break the law. He even went on
to encourage other people to join him and break Chinese laws. From these
statements, I begin to believe much more firmly in Mr. Wu's criminal
records before he came to America as reported in World Journal. Mr. Wu was
once convicted of raping a female college student when he was a teacher in
the college. He was also convicted of theft. I don't think the people in
this country will hail him as a hero if Mr. Wu committed the same crimes
here. On the other hand, I can only feel sorry for our country for not
being able to punish this traitor of our people; even a tiny country like
Singapore can properly punish Michael Fein for violating its laws.
I am happy to say here that the presence of about ten of us in the
speech did make a reasonable impact. After his speech, Mr. Wu was
challenged by the CSS as well as some America-born-Asians. In most cases,
Mr. Wu either pretended that he could not understand the questions or
simply did not answer the questions directly. I am quite sure that his
inability to directly answer these questions has cast some doubts among the
audience. As the front page of Nov. 13's Daily Northwestern put it, many
of the audience were confused by the debate (they just could not tell
whether or not he was telling the truth). The presence of our CSS members
to a large extent has challenged the credibility of Mr. Wu's stories as
well as Mr. Wu himself. On the other hand, I can only wish that more
Chinese students and scholars would show up in his future speeches; we can
only stop this "monster" by being there and challenging him with the truth.
We cannot let this "traitor of Chinese people" go on repeating his lies.
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