With the Olympics in full swing, media from around the world are attempting to parse the implications of all things China: its size, its pace of change, its volume of resources. It’s a complex task. For three years, Seed has been covering China’s evolving science culture, reporting through columns and features that science — and the policies, technologies, and breakthroughs it drives — is significantly impacting the future of this post-Cultural Revolution country. We present a comprehensive digest of our coverage of the issues and ideas shaping this globally spotlighted nation of the moment.
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Inheriting Confucius
A new genealogy of Confucius widens its scope to women and minorities—but excludes genetic data.
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China’s Environmental Blacklist
Shining the light on international companies that haven’t heard China’s gone green
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Hunting Paper Tigers
China's netizens and scientists demand accountability.
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The China Experiment
Inside the revolution to green the biggest nation on earth.
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Trans-Science Railway
A Chinese initiative sets out to train 1.3 billion scientists--one farmer at a time.
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Global Science Park
The Chinese are rolling out science as a tool for foreign policy.
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Cultural Innovation
How China is trying to change 2,000 years of Confucian thinking.
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Go West, Young Scientist
Through incentives and blatant campaigns the Chinese government is encouraging scientists educated in the East to relocate to the interior.
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Black and White and Desired All Over
Even if it means cloning and "panda porn," China wants more bears.
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Sci-Fi Ascendant
A burgeoning literary scene cues interest in all things scientific.
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Seed Interview: Wan Yanhai
The AIDS activists' first conversation since being released from a Chinese prison.
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Re-Visiting Wan Yanhai
Four years after his release from prison, the AIDS activist sits down for another chat.
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25 Years Later: Advocacy
What's changed. And what hasn't.
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Should the US Take a Page Out of China's Schoolbook?
American students trail their Chinese peers in science because science is the linchpin of China's educational system.
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Scientific Copy Cats
Is China's rash of plagiarism a deeply rooted cultural issue?
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Science City: Shanghai
Our China correspondent investigates.
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China's Competitive Edge
While the US pushes for competence in the sciences, Chinese researchers hope for a less intense work environment.
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What Happens When Science is Made in China?
A Seed exclusive from Beijing