It appears suspicious at first glance, but most of these gents are extremely old, and institutions of their generations (spec., the "Two Academies") were centralized by the CCP's State Council. If anything, it reflects the magnitude of two cohorts' collective accomplishments.
Nobody can argue that the CCP is underhanded, but mortal attrition of the CAE's membership dating from its founding in '94 has been openly documented on their site since 2018: https://www.cae.cn/cae/html/main/col56/column_56_1.html
CFS-2018: "Trollhunter;" Omnium-gatherum: mortality of Chinese Academies (2) | https://robertbuchanan.info/CFS/2023/02/02/palatable-trollhunter/
more mortalities? wow.........
i wonder if its old age/natural causes or smth ~shady~
It appears suspicious at first glance, but most of these gents are extremely old, and institutions of their generations (spec., the "Two Academies") were centralized by the CCP's State Council. If anything, it reflects the magnitude of two cohorts' collective accomplishments.
Nobody can argue that the CCP is underhanded, but mortal attrition of the CAE's membership dating from its founding in '94 has been openly documented on their site since 2018: https://www.cae.cn/cae/html/main/col56/column_56_1.html
hhehee troalls! :DD