Download or read book China's Science and Technology Policy, 1949-1989 written by Yeu-Farn Wang and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews China's policy toward scientific and technological development in relation to the modernization process, providing a comparative perspective with the West, the Soviet Union, and nonindustrialized countries. Examines the relations between the state and science, and the personalities and mediating structures involved. Concludes that political bargaining between organized interest groups competing for resources happens in socialist as well as in capitalist countries. No index. Distributed by Ashgate. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR