Science (Dec. 16) – After emerging as a trade superpower, China aims to become a leading force in scientific research and applications. Due to the rapidly growing neutrino physics programs in China, Jiajie Ling, a postdoctoral researcher at Illinois who is now a professor in physics at Sun Yat-sen University, opted to take a position there with start-up funding support from the Thousand Talents Program for Distinguished Young Scholars.