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    1. David Cyranoski reports for Nature from Shanghai, China.

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Chinese leaders released plans last week to expand the powers of the country’s science and technology ministry (MOST). The beefed-up agency will continue to oversee science policy and major projects, but will take on extra responsibilities for funding research grants and for recruiting foreign scientists. Politicians say that the reforms will streamline government procedures, but some science-policy experts warn that the changes could weaken support for basic research.

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Nature 555, 425-426 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-03246-w

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