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This is just wrong. By many measures, China is one of the most innovative countries on earth. Take scientific citations for example: https://www.natureindex.com
by yding 7y ago
This is just wrong. By many measures, China is one of the most innovative countries on earth. Take scientific citations for example: https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/chinas-citations-catching-up https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/chinas-citations-catch...
- mellow-lake-day 7y agoHow much of those are legitimate though? There have been cases of fraud and falsifying information. "Since 2012, the country has retracted more scientific papers because of faked peer reviews than all other countries and territories put together,..." https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/world/asia/china-science-fraud-scandals.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/world/asia/china-science-...
- Leary 7y agoGiven that the Nature Index only measures top quality publications, China's contribution to science is second only to the US's. https://www.natureindex.com/annual-tables/2018/country/all https://www.natureindex.com/annual-tables/2018/country/all
- Permit 7y agoScientific citations seem like a very poor metric for a country that is plagued by scientific fraud.
- megaremote 7y agoDo you have any other benchmark apart from citations?
- Leary 7y agoBloomberg Innovation index: https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/3hi4O/2/?abcnewsembedheight=550 https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/3hi4O/2/?abcnewsembedheight=55... China is 16, ahead of the UK and Canada Global Innovation Index: https://www.globalinnovationindex.org/gii-2018-report https://www.globalinnovationindex.org/gii-2018-report China is 17