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Nature 439, 781 (16 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/439781a; Published online 15 February 2006

Across China's frontier

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China has become the preferred place for international firms to open research labs — and Japan is leading the way, reports Ichiko Fuyuno.

Electronics engineer Min-Yu Hsueh wasn't planning to swap California for Beijing, but when the invite came he found it very hard to refuse. A Chinese-American entrepreneur based in San Jose, Hsueh was three years ago working on setting up his next company.