Chinese Scientists and the quest for a Nobel Prize
- By Zhao Hui
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4. Research with slow rewards is disregarded
Zhang Xingrui, a researcher with the Institute of the Corns at the Chongqing Three Gorges Academy, used to study potatoes. Since the funds allocated to the potato projects went down, and sometimes were even canceled, he had to take up the growth of the corns. Being key crops, wheat, corn and paddy can share the most scientific funds while the others get disregarded.
5. Backward lab equipment and insufficient funds to conduct college experiments Though great progress has been made in regards to the amount of scientific equipment and the space of the laboratories, problems such as insufficient funding, backward equipment and obsolete teaching methods remain unsolved as of today.
6. Too much time spent on conferences, papers and funds-seeking
"I have to spend a lot of time attending various conferences and writing applications for projects and am forced to conduct my experiments on weekends," complained one researcher.
Conclusion
After successfully holding the Beijing Olympic Games and the Shanghai EXPO, China had high hopes for winning the Nobel Prize. With their inflated self-esteem, the nation seemingly paid more attention to the question of "Can any Chinese win a Nobel Prize?" rather than to that of "What could the prize-winner contribute to China?" For now however, we should take one step at a time and aim to make solid progress; otherwise, all hopes will fail, no matter how eager we are to win the Nobel Prize.
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