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Quick Take | Sci-tech safety takes a back seat to innovation

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Beijing is adopting a light-touch, pro-growth approach to regulating the sci-tech sector and related fields.
We first noticed the balance between security and innovation tilting in the latter’s favor in December at the annual Central Economic Work Conference (CEWC). At the time, Xi Jinping called fo...