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8 of China's Top 9 Govt. Officials Are Engineers

Posted by timothy on from the making-trains-run-on-time dept.

kkleiner writes "Did you know that the president of China is a scientist? President Hu Jintao was trained as a hydraulic engineer. Likewise his Premier, Wen Jiabao, is a geomechanical engineer. In fact, 8 out of China's top 9 government officials are scientists or engineers."

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  1. political SCIENCE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    and all of ours are scientists.

    1. Re:political SCIENCE by dwarfsoft · · Score: 5, Funny

      And here I thought you were about to say that Lawyers are far more likely than biologists to become rats. Actually, that's about right too.

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    2. Re:political SCIENCE by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

      Politics has nothing to do with science. Else they'd have to appeal to an ethical board or try it on mice before fucking with us.

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  2. Re:Slavery by dbIII · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's right - living the Libertarian dream!