Science and Technology in Post-Mao China

Edited by Denis Fred Simon

Edited by Merle Goldman

    Contributors

    Abbreviations List

    Introduction: The Onset of China's New Technological Revolution
    Merle Goldman and Denis Fred Simon

    Part One: Historical Precedents

    1. Technocratic Organization and Technological Development in China: The Nationalist Experience and Legacy, 1928-1953
    William C. Kirby

    2. Learning from Russia: Lysenkoism and the Fate of Genetics in China, 1950-1986
    Laurence Schneider

    Part Two: The Reorganization of Science and Technology

    3. Reform of China's Science and Technology Organizational System
    Tony Saich

    4. Reforms and Innovations in the Utilization of China's Scientific and Engineering Talent
    Leo A. Orleans

    5. China's Industrial Innovation: The Influence of Market Forces
    William A. Fischer

    6. Organizational Reforms and Technology Change in the Electronics Industry: The Case of Shanghai
    Detlef Rehn

    7. Scientific Decision Making: The Organization of Expert Advice in Post-Mao China
    Nina P. Halpern

    8. The Impact of Returning Scholars on Chinese Science and Technology
    O. Schnepp

    Part Three: Application of the Science and Technology Reforms

    9. Issues in the Modernization of Medicine in China
    Gail Henderson

    10. Science and Technology in the Chinese Countryside
    Athar Hussain

    11. China's Military R & D System: Reform and Reorientation
    Wendy Frieman

    Part Four: Technology Transfer

    12. Technology Transfer and China's Emerging Role in the World Economy
    Denis Fred Simon

    13. Acquiring Foreign Technology: What Makes the Transfer Process Work?
    Roy F. Grow

    14. DOS ex Machina: The Microelectronic Ghost in China's Modernization Machine
    Richard Baum

    Conclusion: Science, Technology, and China's Political Future--A Framework for Analysis
    Richard P. Suttmeier

    Notes

    Index

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Merle Goldman is Professor of History, Emerita, at Boston University and Associate of the John K. Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University.