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A boy runs past a Nobel Prize medal exhibited in the China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing. China is engaged in an annual bout of hand-wringing: why can't the country win one of the prestigious prizes?
Thursday, Oct. 07, 2010

Open quoteIf a country is genuinely confident, then it doesn't need to seek an award.Close quote

  • JULIA LOVELL,
  • author of The Politics Behind China's Nobel Complex, commenting on China's desire for a Nobel Prize
Photo: Alexander F. Yuan / AP | Source: AP