The Future of Particle Physics Will Live and Die in China

China’s next-generation supercollider will unlock secrets of the universe — and destroy the ideals of the scientists running it.

Nov 3, 2017 · 14 min read

A general view as staff work in the Large Magnet Facility or LMF in Building 180 at The European Organization for Nuclear Research commonly know as CERN on April 19, 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland — Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images

A general view as staff work in the Large Magnet Facility or LMF in Building 180 at The European Organization for Nuclear Research commonly know as CERN on April 19, 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland — Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images

By Yangyang Cheng

“Don’t you dare kill my project.”

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