Talk back: Questioning the art of selling science

GUANGZHOU: The appointment ofZhang Tielin, a popular actor and dean of the art school at the Guangzhou-based Jinan University, as an advisor to the Guangzhou Science and Technology Association has stirred much debate.

While the association has some 40 advisors, Zhang is the only one from the arts, the rest having backgrounds in science, technology and the social sciences.

Nevertheless, he has promised to use his many contacts in the world of arts to support the association and hopes to invite fellow stars to talk on scientific issues.