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Yang Zhenning, a physicist and Nobel Prize winner, died in Beijing on 18 October 2025, at the age of 103. Yang $^{(1)}$
was born
(bear) in 1922 in Hefei, Anhui Province, at a time when China was poor and weak. He studied at Tsinghua University and later went to the US to further his education.
Yang became famous $^{(2)}$
for
his work on parity laws (宇称定律) with Tsung-Dao Lee (李政道). Their work was a breakthrough (重大突破) in science and won them the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957. In 1999, Yang returned $^{(3)}$
to
China and taught at Tsinghua University. He encouraged students $^{(4)}$
to become
(become) excellent scientists. He also helped them to do top-level research and use science to solve $^{(5)}$
real
(really) problems in China.
Yang’s contributions (贡献) go beyond research. At the age of 99, he $^{(6)}$
donated
(donate) more than 2,000 books, letters and papers to Tsinghua. He said, “I hope Tsinghua keeps not only my scientific work, but also the $^{(7)}$
truth
(true) about who I am.”
At the news of Yang’s death, many people online shared their sadness, $^{(8)}$
calling
(call) him a giant in science who served as (充当) a bridge between China and the West through science.
