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Thomas Südhof， the winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 2013， is married to a Chinese woman. Such a connection really brought new excitement to Chinese people.
In these years， the Nobel Prize could always make a stir in China. Sorrowfully， very few Chinese could win that prize， especially in the subjects of science. Perhaps for consolation， Chinese media and people like digging up information of the Nobel laureates， hoping to find any connections of them to China from their birthplaces， background， relatives and so on. Those Chinese scientists with American nationality， such as Chen Nin Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee， were never considered Americans when it comes to the Nobel Prize. The Southwest Associated University， where the first two Chinese Nobel laureates in physics graduated， was also a hot topic even though this university no longer exist now.
In 2008， Roger Y. Tsien won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Chinese media was excited again because he is the nephew of the famous Chinese scientist Qian Xuesen who contributed greatly to China’s development of nuclear weapons. Brian Kobilka， the winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry， is married to a woman born in Malaysia but originated from Guangdong， China.
Now， Südhof and his Chinese wife Chen Lu injected new stimulant into those dreaming about Chinese winning Nobel Prizes.
They are excited because they think that even though Chinese people cannot win the Nobel Prize， Chinese sons-in-law and nephews can win the prize， still a proof about Chinese wisdom.
The last expression about “smart Chinese”might not be wrong. But even if that is true， another ironic fact is revealed. China， which has 1.4 billion smart Chinese， cannot foster a Nobel laureate in science and has to look for connections with overseas Chinese educated in foreign countries.
The blind connection and admiration for Nobel laureates could keep Chinese people from seeing to their own problems. Presently， the way of education in China is severely criticized since it killed children’s creativity and independent learning ability. The current system should also be changed to be more compatible for the development of sciences and technologies， which are the foundation for a country’s real prosperity.
The way to treat scientists and scholars is also a menace. Chinese people admire Nobel laureates and any other “successors”， but those who fail to win the prize seem to be worth nothing. Daniel C. Tsui， a Chinese-born American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1998， came from Baofeng， Henan. Before his winning of the Nobel Prize， his house in the hometown was broken and ruined. However， after 1998， the local government repaired his house and built it into a display hall to tell the childhood stories of Tsui. This hall even now serves as the education base for patriotism for young students even though Tsui had given up his Chinese identity for long.
“No pain， no harvest”. The ignorance of basic education and the disrespect for knowledge and talents is nothing helpful to get real scientific and technological progress. It is useless to count how many Nobel laureates are connected with Chinese people.
In these years， the Nobel Prize could always make a stir in China. Sorrowfully， very few Chinese could win that prize， especially in the subjects of science. Perhaps for consolation， Chinese media and people like digging up information of the Nobel laureates， hoping to find any connections of them to China from their birthplaces， background， relatives and so on. Those Chinese scientists with American nationality， such as Chen Nin Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee， were never considered Americans when it comes to the Nobel Prize. The Southwest Associated University， where the first two Chinese Nobel laureates in physics graduated， was also a hot topic even though this university no longer exist now.
In 2008， Roger Y. Tsien won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Chinese media was excited again because he is the nephew of the famous Chinese scientist Qian Xuesen who contributed greatly to China’s development of nuclear weapons. Brian Kobilka， the winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry， is married to a woman born in Malaysia but originated from Guangdong， China.
Now， Südhof and his Chinese wife Chen Lu injected new stimulant into those dreaming about Chinese winning Nobel Prizes.
They are excited because they think that even though Chinese people cannot win the Nobel Prize， Chinese sons-in-law and nephews can win the prize， still a proof about Chinese wisdom.
The last expression about “smart Chinese”might not be wrong. But even if that is true， another ironic fact is revealed. China， which has 1.4 billion smart Chinese， cannot foster a Nobel laureate in science and has to look for connections with overseas Chinese educated in foreign countries.
The blind connection and admiration for Nobel laureates could keep Chinese people from seeing to their own problems. Presently， the way of education in China is severely criticized since it killed children’s creativity and independent learning ability. The current system should also be changed to be more compatible for the development of sciences and technologies， which are the foundation for a country’s real prosperity.
The way to treat scientists and scholars is also a menace. Chinese people admire Nobel laureates and any other “successors”， but those who fail to win the prize seem to be worth nothing. Daniel C. Tsui， a Chinese-born American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1998， came from Baofeng， Henan. Before his winning of the Nobel Prize， his house in the hometown was broken and ruined. However， after 1998， the local government repaired his house and built it into a display hall to tell the childhood stories of Tsui. This hall even now serves as the education base for patriotism for young students even though Tsui had given up his Chinese identity for long.
“No pain， no harvest”. The ignorance of basic education and the disrespect for knowledge and talents is nothing helpful to get real scientific and technological progress. It is useless to count how many Nobel laureates are connected with Chinese people.