Lee Yuan-tseh says that two institute directors at the Academia Sinica have indicated they are willing to give up dual nationality, but that they must have some time. This is because they have research projects still underway overseas, and they are responsible for the jobs of many researchers, so they cannot just cut off ties all at once.
李遠哲表示，中研院有兩位所長表示願意放棄雙重國籍，但是需要給他們一點時間，因為他們在國外還有研究計畫，要負責很多研究人員的生活，不能說斷就斷。