田刚和北大为什么要抬高Perelman, 贬低Hamilton和丘先生，以下这个英文贴子道出了原因, 值得大家一读:
http://motls.blogspot.com/2006/09/shing-tung-yau-goes-after-shoddy.html
下面二段给出了答案:
My common sense tells me that the real issue in the following controversies is whether Professor Hamilton's contribution should be recognized or not. And what Yau and his students are consistent all the way that Perelman had done great job and Hamilton should be recognized. From Zhu-Cao's paper, it is clear that they did not claim anything beyond Hamilton and Perelman. When Yau told the Chinese press he was proud of the Chinese contributions, it was clear that he emphasized that Hamilton and Perelman's contribution were the most significant. It is absurd to assume that Professor Yau was grabbing credit. This is why the whole story in Nasar's New Yorker article simply has more holes than the Swiss cheese.
Maybe people can find something to show what is possibly the problem between Morgan and Hamilton, and why Morgan and Tian have been trying to minimize Hamilton's contributions. I can not find motivation for Morgan because I have no idea about him. But Tian's motive is clearly there: if Hamilton and Yau's contribution to the Poincare are minimized or denied, Tian can easily solidify his power in the mathematics community in China forever.
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