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Xi Jinping addresses top S&T brains

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The big man wants Chinese research to stay in China. On July 8, Xi Jinping addressed a cluster of national science gatherings, including the state science awards and the academician assemblies of the Academies of Sciences and Engineering. What stood out to us was his emphasis on locking down the inp...