Taiwan's ex-VP named member of Pontifical Academy of Sciences

The Holy See on Friday named Taiwan's former Vice President Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) as ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, making him the second Taiwanese to receive the honor after Nobel Prize winner Lee Yuan-tseh (李遠哲).

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