Which country was Lee a citizen of when he won the Nobel Prize?
Republic of China
People's Republic of China
United States
United Kingdom
Answer
Lee was a citizen of the Republic of China when he won the Nobel Prize. At that time, Taiwan was governed by the Kuomintang, which had fled to the island after losing the Chinese Civil War to the Communists in 1949. The Republic of China continued to claim sovereignty over mainland China, although its effective control was limited to Taiwan and some other islands.
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