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US citizen, ‘Chinese blood’: top biologist Yuan Junying caught in debate over returnees

A top Chinese-American biologist who left Harvard University to take up a position in China is facing an online backlash amid a growing debate over whether senior returnees are squeezing out the country’s young scientists. Yuan Junying, a pioneer in the study of how cells die, drew attention in China late last month when she defended her US citizenship after winning a major science prize at the World Laureates Forum in her hometown of Shanghai. “I’ve always said my blood is Chinese blood,” said...

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