Affiliation at the time of the award: Standard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, United Kingdom, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China,Prize motivation: "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for
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My father, Ju Chin Chu, came to the United States in 1943 to continue his education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in chemical engineering, and two years later, my mother, Ching Chen Li, joined him to study economics.
Continue reading >>Yiaway Yeh (Chinese: 葉亞威; Yè Yàwēi is former mayor of Palo Alto, California. He was elected to office by the city council of Palo Alto on January 3, 2012.Yeh is the second youngest mayor in Palo Alto history and the first Chinese American to hold the offi
Continue reading >>Brandon Bruce Lee (February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993) was an American actor and martial artist. He was the son of martial arts film star Bruce Lee, and the grandson of Cantonese opera singer Lee Hoi-Chuen.
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Continue reading >>Christina M. "Tina" Tchen (simplified Chinese: 陈远美; traditional Chinese: 陳遠美, pinyin: Chén Yuǎnměi) (born January 25, 1956) is an American lawyer. She serves as Assistant to President Barack Obama; Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama
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