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Nature 455, 598-599 (2 October 2008) | doi:10.1038/455598a; Published online 1 October 2008
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Beijing 1987: China's coming-out party
Mohamed Hassan1
- Mohamed Hassan is the executive director of TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world in Trieste, Italy. He was a participant at the academy's second general conference, held in Beijing from 14–18 September 1987.
Email: mhassan@twas.org
Abstract
Two decades ago, Deng Xiaoping welcomed nations to an international meeting in Beijing. Mohamed Hassan recalls how China's leaders set out their plans for the nation to rejoin the world's scientific elite.
The memory is still fresh. On 12 September 1987, I flew into a Beijing airport that comprised a few badly maintained structures, no larger than a small provincial airfield.
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