Wang Hong and Deng Yu become the first Chinese citizens to receive the prestigious award, with Wang becoming only the third female laureate in the prize’s history

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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