Renowned mathematician Zhang Yitang returns to China to teach and engage in a new research field.

Foreign media: Renowned mathematician Zhang Yitang returned to China in June 2025 due to the tense Sino-US political relations, and joined Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, serving as a professor at the newly established Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study.

In an interview, he said that in recent years, many Chinese scholars in the United States have returned to China, and more people are still considering it. He believes this is a "positive trend."

Zhang Yitang pointed out that his mathematical research has been less affected, but researchers involved in computer science, chips, or military industry-related fields need to be particularly cautious, as the United States has very strict restrictions in these areas.

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