With the Olympics in full swing, media from around the world are attempting to parse the implications of all things China: its size, its pace of change, its volume of resources. It’s a complex task. For three years, Seed has been covering China’s evolving science culture, reporting through columns and features that science — and the policies, technologies, and breakthroughs it drives — is significantly impacting the future of this post-Cultural Revolution country. We present a comprehensive digest of our coverage of the issues and ideas shaping this globally spotlighted nation of the moment.
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Inheriting Confucius
A new genealogy of Confucius widens its scope to women and minorities—but excludes genetic data.
China’s Environmental Blacklist
Shining the light on international companies that haven’t heard China’s gone green
Hunting Paper Tigers
China’s netizens and scientists demand accountability.
The China Experiment
Inside the revolution to green the biggest nation on earth.
Trans-Science Railway
A Chinese initiative sets out to train 1.3 billion scientists—one farmer at a time.
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Global Science Park
The Chinese are rolling out science as a tool for foreign policy.
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Cultural Innovation
How China is trying to change 2,000 years of Confucian thinking.
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Go West, Young Scientist
Through incentives and blatant campaigns the Chinese government is encouraging scientists educated in the East to relocate to the interior.
Black and White and Desired All Over
Even if it means cloning and “panda porn,” China wants more bears.
Sci-Fi Ascendant
A burgeoning literary scene cues interest in all things scientific.
Seed Interview: Wan Yanhai
The AIDS activists’ first conversation since being released from a Chinese prison.
Re-Visiting Wan Yanhai
Four years after his release from prison, the AIDS activist sits down for another chat.
25 Years Later: Advocacy
What’s changed. And what hasn’t.
Should the US Take a Page Out of China’s Schoolbook?
American students trail their Chinese peers in science because science is the linchpin of China’s educational system.
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Scientific Copy Cats
Is China’s rash of plagiarism a deeply rooted cultural issue?
Science City: Shanghai
Our China correspondent investigates.
China’s Competitive Edge
While the US pushes for competence in the sciences, Chinese researchers hope for a less intense work environment.
What Happens When Science is Made in China?
A Seed exclusive from Beijing
