List of abbreviations -- A note on romanization -- Introduction: science policy in a developmental state -- Starts and stops: the Kuomintang and science and technology, 1927-1958 -- The first push: domestic and foreign advocates -- The state gets interested: the lure of economic development --...

There is no doubt: we want to help. The well-documented horrors of extreme poverty around the world have created a moral imperative that people have responded to in their millions. Yet the poverty persists. At a time of unprecedented global prosperity, children are starving to death. Are we not...