This conflict first appeared in the open at the 19th meeting, and seems to have intensified over time. This year someone even proposed "forgetting electing any new Academicians for ten years," so that local scholars could get a breathing spell to catch up to their Chinese colleagues working abroad. This idea sent a shock wave through this highest institution of scholarship.
這自第十九屆院會公開出現的爭議，似有越演越烈的趨勢，今年已經乾脆有人提出「廢止院士選拔十年」，讓本土學術界人士休養生息、迎頭趕上，使得全國最高學術機構錯愕不已。