Chinese fume over honor to tobacco academic

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Xie Jianping, 52, works for a research institute of the state-owned China National Tobacco.

14 December,2011 12:56 pm

Chinese health officials and commentators have assailed one of the countrys most prestigious academic bodies for recruiting a scientist who specialized in refining low-tar cigarettes -- at a time when the government has said it is fighting smoking.Xie Jianping, 52, who works for a research institute of the state-owned China National Tobacco Corporation, has been called the Killer Academician and Tobacco Academician on Chinese Internet sites after he was elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering, an honorary body that also advises the government.Kids wont eat veggies? Try rewards, a study says.