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China Pushing the Envelope on Science, and Sometimes Ethics

John Pomfret writes in the Washington Post:Centuries after it led the world in technological prowess — think gunpowder, irrigation and the printed word — China has barged back into the ranks of the great powers in science. With the brashness of a teenager, in some cases literally, China’s scientists and inventors are driving a resurgence in potentially world-changing research. U