Views: Renewing a Feverish Debate

After the news that Tu Youyou, an 84-year-old Chinese scientist, had been awarded a Nobel Prize for an anti-malaria drug she found in the 1960s, China rejoiced. It was the country's first such Nobel honor for a scientist who was born, bred and trained in China.

However, amid the celebration, which even included Premier Li Keqiang saying the award was a victory or traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), critical voices were also heard.