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Top Chinese map-making scientist detained in anti-corruption sweep
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Top Chinese map-making scientist detained in anti-corruption sweep Zhou Chenghu, a cartographer with a business empire in geographic information and low-altitude economy, probed by anti-graft authorities In late May, the Economic Observer, a weekly Chinese newspaper, cited “informed sources” and said the 62-year-old CAS academician had been taken away by disciplinary inspectors from the lobby of his research institute building in late April. His personal details have since been removed from...
Top Chinese map-making scientist detained in anti-corruption sweep
Zhou Chenghu, a cartographer with a business empire in geographic information and low-altitude economy, probed by anti-graft authorities
In late May, the Economic Observer, a weekly Chinese newspaper, cited “informed sources” and said the 62-year-old CAS academician had been taken away by disciplinary inspectors from the lobby of his research institute building in late April.
His personal details have since been removed from the list of academicians on the official CAS website.
Zhou’s primary research fields include spatial data mining, geographic systems modelling, hydrology and water resources, and the application of geographic information systems and remote sensing.
Born in 1964 in Nantong, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, Zhou was admitted to the department of geography at Nanjing University for undergraduate studies at the age of 16.