USA vs. China Ways (8.3)

What are the Inherited Barriers China Faces in Science Development?

China has a famous so called “the Great Wall Dilemma”. That is, with the goal of using the great wall to defend the country, the higher and stronger the wall got built up, the better. Not really, the dilemma is that as the wall got built up, the country also got more isolated and alienated from the outer world. Something the Chinese feels very proud of is actually a double bladed sword.

Science and technology development is facing similar dilemma in China. The Chinses system wants to take a tight ideological control while developing science. Is that possible in practice? For instance, the Chinese government set a great firewall to filter and block any inbound and outbound Internet traffic they deem harmful politically. By doing this, however, they also slow down or even block the Chinse scientists and students smooth reach to the scientific forums, data, and communications with the rest of the world.

Are they aware of this trade-off? Believe they do. But why do they still implement the great firewall? Well, guess they have no other better choices. The weakness is kind of inherited with the current political establishment and nearly impossible to get over.

Also CPC and the Chinse government wants to put everything in country under their leadership or control…