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China Will Lead World Scientific Research By 2020
Hugh Pickens writes "An analysis of papers published in 10,500 academic journals across the world shows that, in terms of academic papers published, China is now second only to the US, and will take first place by 2020. Chinese scientists are increasing their output at a far faster rate than counterparts in rival 'emerging' nations such as India, Russia, and Brazil. The number of peer-reviewed papers published by Chinese researchers rose 64-fold over the past 30 years. 'China is out on its own, far ahead of the pack,' says James Wilsdon, of the Royal Society in London. 'If anything, China's recent research performance has exceeded even the high expectations of four or five years ago.' According to Wilsdon, three main factors are driving Chinese research. First is the government's enormous investment, with funding increases far above the rate of inflation, at all levels of the system from schools to postgraduate research. Second is the organized flow of knowledge from basic science to commercial applications. And third is the efficient and flexible way in which China is tapping the expertise of its extensive scientific diaspora in North America and Europe, tempting back mid-career scientists with deals that allow them to spend part of the year working in the West and part in China." Here's the Financial Times's original article.
... they can stop stealing everything in the West that isn't nailed down.
No way! We don't need no Gummint largess on edumucation or that fancy research! Our free market is going to provide everything for us, especially as long as those socialists (who never succeed at anything) keep funding our debt like they have for the last decade. I'm just going to bury my head back into the sand and turn Fox news back on, so I don't have to think about this reality.
One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces. - PF
except when you talk about "a racist myth". there's nothing mythical or racist about anything i am saying. you're injecting bullshit into the discussion
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Beehives and ant colonies are efficient too
But I wouldn't want to live in either.
That such a load of inflammatory drivel got modded '+5 Insightful' is strongly suggestive of somebody tampering with the modding system.
Progress in open science is beneficial to us all; and this is about open science, as opposed to the research that goes on in private corporations or military establishments. You should be ashamed of yourself for spewing this sort of bitterness; China is doing what America used to do decades ago: they invest in science. They have every right to reap the benefits and should be applauded for giving the States some competition; perhaps the government will realize that they have to get the wallet out.
As for not wanting to live in a beehive; who cares where you want to live? Have you ever been near enough to China to have something to base an opinion? Or a beehive for that matter? I have: I own an apartment in Beijing; and I used to be a beekeeper. So there.