{
  "id": 3183972,
  "title": "Debate star and physicist Guo Yanliang leaves a top European quantum lab for China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/debate-star-and-physicist-guo-yanliang-leaves-a-top-european-quantum",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-25T04:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3365064/debate-star-and-physicist-guo-yanliang-leaves-top-european-quantum-lab-china"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Guo Yanliang, a champion debater who honed his argumentation skills in international contests and on online variety shows, has left one of Europe’s top quantum laboratories to set up his own research group in Beijing. Guo, 33, says he sees scientific research as a debate between different opinions, which made him more compatible with China than Europe. This year, he returned to China to take a…",
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        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Debate star and physicist Guo Yanliang leaves a top European quantum lab for China",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/debate-star-and-physicist-guo-yanliang-leaves-a-top-european-quantum-3188242",
        "published": "2026-08-25T04:00:06.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}