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Article: Nobel Prize may be awarded to Chinese
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- March 29, 2006
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Nobel committee members say the first prize awarded to Chinese
will likely be in the literature or peace categories.
Although a Chinese national has never won a Nobel Prize, Nobel
committee members suggested at a March 23 forum in Beijing that the
time is approaching.
"Not today, not next year, perhaps next, next year," said Anders
Flodstrom, president of the Sweden-based The Royal Institute of
Technology (KTH), to Chinese students at a forum titled "Nobel Prize
and Scientific Discovery" held at Tsinghua University.
Flodstrom and three Nobel committee members Borje Johansson, Sven
Lidin and Bertil Fredholm were invited to share their thoughts on
the Nobel Prize and its history.
During the ...