China Finally Wins a Nobel Prize in Sciences

For decades, China has yearned for a Nobel Prize in one of the sciences. A little-known researcher who helped isolate an anti-malaria medicine inspired by an ancient remedy has finally won China that honor, while also becoming the country's first woman to win any Nobel prize. The breakthrough by 84-year-old Tu Youyou has drawn congratulations for a researcher who had been little known in China but whose name is now trending on social media. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang congratulated...

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