The International Mathematical Union awarded the prestigious Fields Medal to four mathematicians on Thursday, including only the third woman to receive the honour, as researchers weighed the growing…

Two of the four are the first Chinese-born winners of the prize since 1986.

Despite criticisms of a brain drain from China to the U.S., the awards come at a time when several high-profile Chinese scholars have returned home, some citing an increasingly…

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