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sangnoir on Aug 28, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why China won’t own next-generation manufacturing

> Many Nobel prize winners have been Chinese, only one was a citizen of the PRC when they did the work/received the award

Is that statement supposed to inform me about the shortcomings of the PRC, or those of the Nobel prize? I can't tell.

seanmcdirmid on Aug 28, 2016 [–]

It is supposed to inform you of the achievement of the Chinese people, and not to conflate them with the Chinese government.

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