"Dialogue" Yang Chen-Ning and Andrew Chi-chih Yao: why I give up their foreign nationality? -Chen Ning Yang, academician-IT information

On February 21, the same day, Yang Chen-Ning and Andrew Chi-chih Yao to renounce their foreign nationality, to Chinese Academy of Sciences report triggered heated discussion. Why did they choose to give up his foreign nationality? Through Xinhua News Agency reporters the first time contact Yang Chen-Ning and Andrew Chi-chih Yao at Tsinghua University.

Yang said, I joined on March 23, 1964 United States citizenship, made the decision at that time was considered for a long time, it was a very painful decision. In 1983 in a book I used to say that when my father died never forgive me for renunciation of Chinese nationality.

He said that on April 1, 2015, I gave up his US citizenship, this is not a simple decision. America is a beautiful country, is a country with very good chance I do scientific research. I am grateful to the United States. And, I know a lot of friends of the United States will not agree to give up u.s. citizenship.

Yang said returning to me what it is? Friends of Xiong bingming once said: "your father has been in the past, his blood circulating in your body. "I said," Yes, my father's blood is circulating in the body, is the blood of the Chinese culture. ”

He said, today, I'm 94 years old. Very pleased, for many years, in order to help build China bridges of friendship with the United States have done some work. I used to say: "without this bridge, there cannot be real peace and stability in the world."

Andrew Chi-chih Yao said: "in 2004, I resigned from the Princeton faculty, returned to the motherland, China construction science and technology powers the epoch-making feat in Tsinghua University. For many years, to develop our young talent, promoting the development of high-end research, is most meaningful in my life. This thanks to special legislation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, so I moved up from a foreign member of the National Academy. Can be totally Chinese, I feel very pleased and proud of it! ”

Chen Ning Yang, Tsung-Dao Lee had been working with proposed conservation of parity in weak interaction theory, shared the 1957 Nobel Prize in physics.

Andrew Chi-chih Yao, in 2000 the world highest award in the field of computer science and Turing Award, became first Asian scholar since the Turing Award was created, the only Chinese-American computer scientist ever to receive this honor.

“对话”杨振宁、姚期智：我为什么放弃外国国籍？ - 杨振宁,院士 - IT资讯

2月21日消息，当日，杨振宁、姚期智放弃外国国籍、转为中科院院士的报道引发热议。他们为什么选择放弃外国国籍？新华社记者第一时间通过清华大学联系到了杨振宁和姚期智。

杨振宁表示，我是1964年3月23日加入美国国籍的，当时做这个决定曾考虑了很久，是一个很痛苦的决定。1983年在一本书里我曾经说我父亲到临终时都没原谅我放弃中国国籍。

他说，2015年4月1日我放弃了美国国籍，这也不是一个简单的决定。美国是一个美丽的国家，是一个给了我做科学研究非常好的机会的国家。我感激美国。而且，我知道很多美国朋友不会赞同我放弃美国国籍。

杨振宁说，回归对我是什么感受？挚友熊秉明曾经说：“你的父亲虽已过去，你的身体里还循环着他的血液。”我说：“是的，我的身体里循环着的是父亲的血液，是中华文化的血液。”

他说，今天，我94岁了。很欣慰，多年来，为了帮助建造中国与美国之间的友谊桥梁曾做过一些努力。我曾经说：“没有这座桥梁，世界不可能有真正的和平与安定”。

姚期智表示：“我于2004年辞去美国普林斯顿教职，回归祖国，在清华大学投入中国建设科技强国的划时代壮举。多年来，得以培养我们的青年才俊，促进高端科研的开展，是我一生中感到最有意义的工作。此次感谢中科院特别立法，让我由外籍院士转为本国院士。能做回百分之百的中国人，我觉得万分的欣慰与骄傲！”

杨振宁曾与李政道合作，提出弱相互作用中宇称不守恒理论，共同获得1957年诺贝尔物理学奖。

姚期智于2000年获得世界计算机科学领域的最高奖项图灵奖，成为图灵奖创立以来首位获奖的亚裔学者，也是迄今为止获此殊荣的唯一华裔计算机科学家。