TY - JOUR
T1 - Chinese science and the 'Nobel Prize complex'
AU - Cao, Cong
N1 - Funding Information:
by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and other Federal agencies, as well as by private, non-profit foundations. In percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) devoted to research and development (R&D), China (with an expenditure of only 1.1 per cent in 2001) has lagged far behind not only the developed countries of the West, but also behind South Korea (2.65 per cent, 2000), Taiwan (2.05 per cent, 2000), and Singapore (1.88 per cent, 2000) (see Table II).21
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In recent years, China has been improving its research environment – for example, by setting up the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), by introducing peer review, by supporting young and promising scientists, and by calling for the ‘tolerance of failure’. But the planning mentality is still strong as the ‘Nobel Prize mania’ shows. Moreover, it will take time for scientists to adapt to the new environment and to nurture the next generation of scientists.
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Research for this essay began when the author was at the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Oregon, and was supported by the US National Science Foundation (SBR-9810256). The author has benefited from comments by Professors Richard P. Suttmeier, Roy MacLeod, John Wong, and the anonymous Minerva reviewers, as well as from workshops at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and at the ‘International Symposium on Science and Technology in Modern China: Retrospect and Prospect’, held in Beijing. Professor Yi Rao of the Washington University in St. Louis has been a valuable source on the contributions of Chinese life scientists. The author would also like to thank Dr. Elspeth Thomson and Mr. Aw Beng Teck for their help with the English version.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - China's scientists have so far failed to win a Nobel Prize. Political interference, certain aspects of cultural heritage, and a problematic value system have arguably been major contributing factors. This essay examines the ways in which these factors have operated, and discusses why there is a growing 'Nobel Prize mania' in China today.
AB - China's scientists have so far failed to win a Nobel Prize. Political interference, certain aspects of cultural heritage, and a problematic value system have arguably been major contributing factors. This essay examines the ways in which these factors have operated, and discusses why there is a growing 'Nobel Prize mania' in China today.
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U2 - 10.1023/B:MINE.0000030020.28625.7e
DO - 10.1023/B:MINE.0000030020.28625.7e
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:4043157707
SN - 0026-4695
VL - 42
SP - 151
EP - 172
JO - Minerva
JF - Minerva
IS - 2
ER -