Natural for biologist to change university

YAN NING, a biologist at Tsinghua University, faced quite fierce criticism online when she announced she had accepted an offer from Princeton University and will become a tenured professor there starting this autumn. Many accused her of being "unpatriotic". Beijing Youth Daily comments:

It is quite common for top professors to jump from one top university to another. Yet seldom has any of them met such fierce opposition from their compatriots.

Yan has the right to apply for research funds, and when she fails, she also has the right to be unhappy. The fact that Princeton offers her a tenured professorship is testimony to her abilities and she deserves financial support that matches her research capabilities.