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Confucius, like so many of us to-day, was concerned with problems of government. The proper relation of science to government is a problem which t has scarcely yet been solved in Britain or America, still less, therefore, has it been solved in China. At a first glance, it seems that in China there is not yet a sufficiently intimate relation between the university men of science and the growing industries. There is also perhaps a tendency to over-emphasize applied science in the short-term sense at the expense of pure science, especially in the training of students and the sending of them abroad. The scientific man is ordinarily ignored or treated as academic and unpractical ; but on occasions is expected to produce practical results without delay by those who have turned a deaf ear to his requests for adequate material support and essential research supplies. The advantage of his advice within the Government organizations themselves is also not fully appreciated.
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Science in South-West China. Nature 152, 37 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152037a0
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