China and Big Science

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It would seem that China is putting serious money into big science projects at the moment.

Some interesting reading here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-0192822d-1...

Love that telescope.

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I must admit, that was my first thought as well. I guess we'll see from the results over time, if it has been a success. A bit of governmental willy waving probably helped to get it built too.

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Eric Mc said:

It's a very interesting period with two major question marks -

will the Chinese economy remain buoyant enough to support these projects?

how will the US respond if China does start taking major leads in these advanced technology areas?

To the first question, probably. Compared to building huge ghost towns I would imagine the cost of these projects is relatively trivial.

The the second, I guess it depends on who is in power. Hilary will probably shrug, say "Meh" and do nothing. Trump would probably shout and bluster a lot, then do nothing.