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China aware that economy goes beyond science and technology

The city of Shanghai, China. Like USA, China has started attracting talents, most who settle in cities. Photo by XN Iraki

A news item appeared in this newspaper on January 6, 2018. It was originally from BBC. It had a simple title, “China offers 10-year visas to ‘high end talent’.

When I shared it on WhatsApp groups, there were no comments, surprisingly. Yet, that was the most important news from China this year. It is more important that reporting that China might not buy US Treasury bonds or is building artificial islands.

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