China appoints more scientists to government roles amid tech rivalry with US
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The Economist
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Summary
China's President Xi Jinping and other top leaders, traditionally engineers by training but party bureaucrats by career, are now appointing more genuine scientists and technical experts to government positions as China intensifies its technological rivalry with the United States. This shift reflects the growing importance of tech innovation in the country's strategic priorities.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledIT IS OFTEN said that China is ruled by engineers. In fact, it is ruled by people with engineering degrees.
President Xi Jinping, who studied chemical engineering, has probably not looked at a flow chart since his university days.
Like Mr Xi, most of China's top leaders have spent their adult lives climbing the ranks of the Communist Party.
Now, as China races to beat America to new technologies, true boffins are being given more power.
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