CHINA’S rapid economic growth over the past two decades has made it one of the world’s largest economies and an export powerhouse that has caused alarm from Asia to Europe to the US. The reason for this alarm is simple: by rapidly turning economic success into political clout, China is poised to become a 21st-century superpower.
A large part of China’s development is being predicated on science and technology. Last year, its 15-year “Medium to Long-term Plan for the Development of Science and Technology”, or MLP, called for 60 per cent of economic growth to be based on science and technology by 2020. To get there,…
