China steps up efforts to poach Nobelists, but will it pay off?

Beijing follows Shenzhen and other cities in seeking to attract laureates, but experts question whether initiative will have trickle-down effect on basic science

Published on
March 4, 2021
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March 4, 2021
Jing Liu
An Asian woman poses for a picture at the entrance of the Alfred Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, 2019.
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