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Developments:
In his final column on Asia for the FT today, Guy de Jonquieres makes an interesting point about the economic impact of political repression:"Most Asian governments dream of creating 'knowledge' societies capable of fundamental innovation. However, it is telling that almost all Asian-born Nobel scientific laureates have been honoured for work done in the west. Genuine innovations...challenge the established order. But even in countries where repressive regimes do not punish such behaviour, hierarchical attitudes and deference often breed intellectual conformism. Changing that will take more than big research budgets."
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