few are at his level, maybe except a few other haiguis, wang xd, rao yi, poo mm. just check his publication record in america.

the problem is how much his controversial personality is going to affect his research in china. in america he has to be like any other honest scientist, but in china things could be different.

his recent response on his "wrong" crystal structure is one troubling sign.

rao recently complained about integrity issue in funding application in china , you bet shi definitely has no such difficulty in getting funds.

curiously, rao's renunciation of us citzienship only becomes known now, and he's relatively low key on politic issues; but what about shi? such a "patriotic chinese", why there's no renunciation news about him?