The
Australian: China has overtaken Japan to become the
second-biggest spender onresearch and development behind the
US, says a report from theOrganisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development.In other news from China, the New
York Times's Dennis Overbye
reports
on the burgeoning particle physics field in China. In a
relatedpiece, Overbye
summarizes
a 1989 Physics Todaystory by David Goss on attending a particle
physics meeting inBejing, around the time of the end of the
Tiananmen square uprising.As Goss reported, "until the shooting
began, the visit was delightful."
