The Chinese Academy of Sciences: China's enduring scientific engine in the race against the U.S.
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Ella Apostoaie
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The article examines the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) as a central institution in China's long-term ambition to surpass the U.S. as the world's leading scientific power. Despite political shifts and policy changes under various Chinese leaders over 50 years of reform, CAS has remained a constant. The piece, by Savannah Billman, explores CAS's structure, funding mechanisms, and commercial activities, positioning it as key to the Chinese Communist Party's strategic goals in science and technology.
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Twitter / XThe Chinese Academy of Sciences: China's enduring scientific engine in the race against the U.S.thewirechina.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledFor all the disagreements, policy reversals and setbacks that Communist China's 50-year reform project has encountered under leaders as different as Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping, there have been many constants.
One of these is the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Savannah Billman looks at the structure, funding and commercial activities of CAS, which remains central to the Chinese Communist Party's ambitions to displace the U.S. as the world's leading scientific power.
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