China’s leaders say that science, technology, and innovation will make China strong, and they have devoted jaw-dropping sums to recruit scientists and build new research facilities. At the same time, the West receives growing numbers of reports about China’s rising scientific and technological power, and even about what might be done to halt its rise. But how much is really known about the changes and scale of scientific research in China?
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