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The Nobel Prize is an object of obsession in China, and a consistently maddening one. “How far are we from a Nobel Prize?” was the title of a science program on Chinese state television some years ago, and similar discussions pop up in the paper all the time. Driven by both insecurity and pride, the government and academia have pursued Nobel prizes for scientists and writers with such intensity that all the analysis and prognostication begin to look like elements of a state campaign—which, in fact, they are.
What Do Chinese Leaders Really Think About the Nobel Prize? | The New Yorker