Tsinghua University professor returned to China to train next generation of chip experts.
Tsinghua University chip expert Sun Nan’s return to China went largely unnoticed in the wave of Chinese scientists returning from abroad – that is, until last week, when the prestigious university in Beijing put a social media spotlight on the professor who has helped create more than 50 cutting-edge chips in a little over four years.
According to an article published on Tsinghua’s social media account on Thursday, Sun came back after many years in the United States with the hope of “training chip professionals for China and solving the manufacturing problems of mid- and high-end chip technology”.
Sun, a tenured professor at the university’s department of electronic engineering, returned to his homeland in 2020 after more than a decade in the US. His homecoming came at the height of the China Initiative, a US policy that targeted scientists for suspected ties to Beijing and left researchers feeling “targeted and alienated”.
Source: South China Morning Post, 12 Feb 2025.
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