18.1.13. Yitang Zhang (张益唐, M9athematician, proved the first finite prime gap in 2012)
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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/02/pursuit-beauty
In Kentucky, he became involved with a group interested in Chinese democracy. Its slogan was “Freedom, Democracy, Rule of Law, and Pluralism.” A member of the group, a chemist in a lab, opened a Subway franchise as a means of raising money. “Since Tom was a genius at numbers,” another member of the group told me, “he was invited to help him.” Zhang kept the books. “Sometimes, if it was busy at the store, I helped with the cash register,” Zhang told me recently. “Even I knew how to make the sandwiches, but I didn’t do it so much.” When Zhang wasn’t working, he would go to the library at the University of Kentucky and read journals in algebraic geometry and number theory.
张菁：你是中国民联最老的成员，我非常荣幸今天看到这么多民联的老成员在这里，前主席徐水良也来了，这很少见。我的问题是，你对中国民主运动还有什么兴趣去关注，你对中国民联有什么寄望吗？
张益唐：第一，我不是民联很早的成员，不算太早，1989年那时加入的；第二，我作为一个独立知识分子，我的政治理念不会改变，也不会因为大陆不管是捧我还是怎么对我，我的基本理念不会改变。至于具体参与，因为现在我也很长时间没参与了，我想将来也没有太多机会去参与。
Zhang Jing: You are the oldest member of the China Democracy League. I am very honored to see so many old members of the Democracy League here today. The former chairman Xu Shuiliang is also here, which is rare. My question is, do you still have any interest in China’s democratic movement? Do you have any hopes for the China Democratic League?
Zhang Yitang: First, I am not an early member of the Democratic League, not too early. I joined in 1989; second, as an independent intellectual, my political ideas will not change, and I will not change because of the mainland. Whether you praise me or treat me in any way, my basic philosophy will not change. As for the specific participation, because I haven’t participated in it for a long time now, I don’t think there will be many opportunities to participate in the future.
The democracy group is called 中国民主团结联盟 (Chinese United Democracy Alliance).
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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/02/pursuit-beauty
In Kentucky, he became involved with a group interested in Chinese democracy. Its slogan was “Freedom, Democracy, Rule of Law, and Pluralism.” A member of the group, a chemist in a lab, opened a Subway franchise as a means of raising money. “Since Tom was a genius at numbers,” another member of the group told me, “he was invited to help him.” Zhang kept the books. “Sometimes, if it was busy at the store, I helped with the cash register,” Zhang told me recently. “Even I knew how to make the sandwiches, but I didn’t do it so much.” When Zhang wasn’t working, he would go to the library at the University of Kentucky and read journals in algebraic geometry and number theory.
张菁：你是中国民联最老的成员，我非常荣幸今天看到这么多民联的老成员在这里，前主席徐水良也来了，这很少见。我的问题是，你对中国民主运动还有什么兴趣去关注，你对中国民联有什么寄望吗？
张益唐：第一，我不是民联很早的成员，不算太早，1989年那时加入的；第二，我作为一个独立知识分子，我的政治理念不会改变，也不会因为大陆不管是捧我还是怎么对我，我的基本理念不会改变。至于具体参与，因为现在我也很长时间没参与了，我想将来也没有太多机会去参与。
Zhang Jing: You are the oldest member of the China Democracy League. I am very honored to see so many old members of the Democracy League here today. The former chairman Xu Shuiliang is also here, which is rare. My question is, do you still have any interest in China’s democratic movement? Do you have any hopes for the China Democratic League?
Zhang Yitang: First, I am not an early member of the Democratic League, not too early. I joined in 1989; second, as an independent intellectual, my political ideas will not change, and I will not change because of the mainland. Whether you praise me or treat me in any way, my basic philosophy will not change. As for the specific participation, because I haven’t participated in it for a long time now, I don’t think there will be many opportunities to participate in the future.
The democracy group is called 中国民主团结联盟 (Chinese United Democracy Alliance).