Shing-Tung Yau

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Is Shing-Tung Yau in the Epstein files?

Yes. Shing-Tung Yau (Mathematician; Fields Medal laureate (1982); former Harvard University professor; Tsinghua University professor) is named in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein files. DOJ-released Epstein files document that Yau served as a principal intermediary between Epstein and Tsinghua University officials over at least a dozen emails from 2016 to 2019. In mid-2016 he drafted preliminary plans for a Tsinghua University Boston campus in a confidential email addressed to Epstein’s circle; in April 2016 he wrote to Epstein’s assistant that Tsinghua was “talking seriously to run a branch here.” In November 2016, Yau introduced Harvard megadonor Gerald Chan to Epstein as a potential financier of the project. In May 2016 he arranged a meeting in New York between Epstein and Tsinghua University President Qiu Yong; a further meeting between Epstein and Tsinghua representatives was arranged in May 2017. Harvard expanded its Epstein probe in February 2026 to include the documents relating to this network. Yau has said his “only interaction” with Epstein was through Harvard professor Martin Nowak; the emails document a broader pattern of contact. No wrongdoing is alleged against him.

Being named in the files is not evidence of any crime or wrongdoing. People appear in these documents in many contexts — correspondence, flight logs, contact books, scheduling, photographs, or passing references. See the sources below for the specific, documented context, and the note at the bottom of this page.