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How one child was deemed enough

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Scientific policy-making in China has come a long way since the 1970s, argue Ling Chen and Gang Zhang.

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  1. Ling Chen is an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. chenling@tsinghua.edu.cn ,

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  2. Gang Zhang is principal administrator in the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, F-75775 Paris Cedex 16, France.,

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