caa a22 4500 386374759 CHVBK 20180307112013.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198909 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0305741000022955 doi S0305741000022955 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0305741000022955 Simon Denis Fred China's Drive to Close the Technological Gap: S&T Reform and the Imperative to Catch Up [Elektronische Daten] [Denis Fred Simon] It would appear that many western observers of China, with some recent notable exceptions, have systematically underestimated the importance attached to S&T (science and technology) development by both the Maoist and post-Mao leadership. This article will argue that it is difficult to understand the complexities of Chinese affairs since 1949 within the political, economic and military spheres without direct reference to China's research and development (R&D) and education systems. Copyright © The China Quarterly 1989 The China Quarterly Cambridge University Press 119(1989-09), 598-630 0305-7410 119<598 1989 119 CQY https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741000022955 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741000022955 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Simon Denis Fred NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The China Quarterly Cambridge University Press 119(1989-09), 598-630 0305-7410 119<598 1989 119 CQY CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge