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Inventing the future in Chinese labs: How does China do science today?

  • Written by Richard P. Suttmeier, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Oregon
China's political system sets the course for the science in universities, government labs and industry.Vmenkov, CC BY-SA

Genetic engineering, the search for dark matter, quantum computing and communications, artificial intelligence, brain science – the list of potentially disruptive research goes on. Each has significant implications for...

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