立場新聞 2020/10/27 21:32
Statement of Professor Max Shen
In the light of the recent news reports on my background, I would like to make a clarification as below.
I have been working full time at UC Berkeley starting from 2004 and my appointment in Tsinghua is only honorary with approval from Berkeley. Being the honorary department chair, I only spend a few weeks every year in Tsinghua and do not participate in the daily operations of the department. I am not a member of the Chinese Communist Party and I am also not in the party committee as claimed by the reports. It was an oversight by the webmaster of the respective website.
After I read the reports I immediately contacted Tsinghua and they have rectified allinformation about me on their websites. I later found out the error started several years ago when I, as the department chair, was mistakenly assigned to the party committee.
I hope this clarification can clear all misunderstandings between us.
Regards,
Max Shen