Round Table China
Round Table China
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China's Fields Medal first
25 minutes Posted Jul 30, 2026 at 9:46 am.
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Two Chinese mathematicians just won math's highest honor in the same ceremony, a first for China. One was a prodigy since childhood. The other found math by accident in a small town. Together they cracked problems that stumped the world for generations, including one unsolved for over a century. Two opposite paths led to the same summit on one historic night. On the show: Steve, Yushan & Yushun