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"Professor hails mathematics winners." China Daily, 22 August 2002.

The lead-in to this article states "Overseas Chinese mathematics professor Ye Yangho praised the winners of the Fields Medal Prize." Ye is quoted about medalist winners Lafforgue's and Voevodsky's contributions and expresses that perhaps one day a Chinese mathematician will win the prestigious award. The rest of the article gives some background on the International Congress of Mathematicians, held in Beijing in August 2002, and states "the congress in Beijing offers the precious opportunity for Chinese mathematicians to learn from and seek cooperation with their foreign counterparts."

--- Annette Emerson

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