Claim: In 1979, recommended by physicist Qian Linzhao, Zhongchao went to Cambridge University in the United Kingdom to study theoretical physics; then received a doctorate from Cambridge University in 1984.
Evidence: In 1979, recommended by physicist Qian Linzhao, he went to Cambridge University in the United Kingdom to study theoretical physics with theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. He received a doctorate from Cambridge University in 1984, and his doctoral thesis was titled "Cosmological models and the inflationary universe".