Academia Sinica members raise citizenship issueBy Chien Hui-ju and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerAt least 10 Academia Sinica members are Chinese nationals who do not possess Republic of China (ROC) citizenship, researchers at the institution said yesterday, calling for staffing rules to be amended. Academia Sinica members are peer-elected and any changes to the institution’s regulations must be decided by a meeting of all of its fellows, it said in a statement. The name and emblem of Academia Sinica at the entrance of the institution are pictured in Taipei’s Nangang District on Tuesday. A former Academia Sinica member from China was only permitted to be a visiting foreign scholar at Beijing’s Chinese Academy of Sciences after he gave up his Chinese citizenship for US citizenship, Lin said, but added that Academia Sinica permitted him to remain a fellow, despite the change in citizenship. The example shows that Academia Sinica does not follow normal international practice regarding academic posts, Lin added.

Source: Taipei Times April 29, 2020 15:56 UTC