China desiring politically correct Nobel Prize by Milota Sidorova

No doubts that the Nobel Prize means perhaps the greatest prestige in popular science world. It is not an honor and prestige for the scientist him/herself, but also for the country he comes from. Living in the country that has only one Nobel Prize winner who was one of awarded huge climatology project it seems so distant. But there are countries that rival also in this field. As it's been once said, the only possible revolution was the technological and scientific revolution. So far, global leading countries were Japan, Britain, France, the U.S. and Germany. If we compare it with the economic situation there is one member missing – China. And though it seems more a ! moral and image battlefield, it seems that China wants to join the group of the „most“ successful. The fact is there was no Nobel prize that went to China, if we don't count nine Chinese ethnic winners who were except of one scientist without Chinese nationality. But that although crucial research on subatomic partials was done outside China. Some more awarded were disowned, just like Gao Xingjian , Chinese born writer who left for France in 1980s to escape censorship. Controversial was also the step when China pressured the Norwegian Nobel Committee to try to dissuade the prize for imprisoned democracy Liu Xiaboo. Dalai Lama who got Nobel Prize for Peace efforts is Tibetian and being expelled from the country. Still it seems the Prize means another step to dominate the world. After Olympic Games that demonstrated Chinese power and ability to shine before international community, the desire focused on Nobel Prize, if best in science or medicine and in the wa! y the current political regime wants to

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