Reactive agent: Nobel laureate returns home to stir up a sleepy institution

Article Abstract:

Chemist and Nobel laureate Lee Yuan-tseh returned from California to Taiwan at the request of that country's president to head the Academia Sinica. The research cluster is considered a mere sinecure, but Lee is changing that in an effort to return Taiwan's scholars from overseas to help lead the country into the 21st century. He has redirected funds into applied research and introduced competition for grants, and established the Foundation for the Development of Outstanding Fellows, a fund to help draw back expatriates.

Achievements and awards, Chemists, Lee Yuan-tseh

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Easing up, somewhat

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The Taiwan government has revised its sedition law in response to pressure from the opposition and international human rights groups. Non-violent acts are no longer penalized in the new law and cases pending in courts involving such acts will be dropped. The new law marks a shift from the ruling Kuomintang's history of using the Criminal Code to suppress the opposition. Furthermore, the government is also reducing a blacklist of people who are prevented from entering the country.

Sedition

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Lifting the bar on bars

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The Taiwanese government is about to allow international trading of gold as it prepares to ease long standing restrictions on the import and export of the precious metal traditionally favored by Taiwanese as a hedge against political uncertainty. The imminent lifting of restrictions has excited traders and is expected to reduce widespread smuggling and illegal trading of the commodity.

International trade, Precious metals industry, Gold, Precious metals

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