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Nobel Prize and Chinese
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Q: Has there been any Chinese awarded the Nobel Prize?
A: Yes, but they all hold foreign passports (Samuel C. C. Ting, Yuan T. Lee, Steven Chu, Daniel C. Tsui, Roger Y. Tsien, Pearl S. Buck).
Q: Has there been any Chinese citizen awarded the Nobel Prize?
A: Yes, but they are all citizens of the Republic of China (Tsung-Dao Lee, Chen Ning Yang).
Q: Has there been any citizen of modern China awarded the Nobel Prize?
A: Yes, but he does not admit to be a Chinese citizen (Gao Xingjian).
Q: Has there been any citizen of modern China, who admits to be Chinese, awarded the Nobel Prize?
A: Yes, but we don't admit he is a Chinese citizen (Dalai Lama).
Q: Has there been any citizen of modern China, who admits to be Chinese, and the government recognizes his nationality, awarded the Nobel Prize?
A: Yes, but he is in China's prison (Liu Xiaobo).
Source: http://yfrog.com/kipvawfj
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