China's journey from a seriously poor, insular, economy to the "shop floor of the world" took a little more than two decades. Today, less than a decade later, it appears poised to evolve into becoming a leading global innovator. But can China actually make this next great leap forward?
Many observers think that China is ripe for innovative leadership. TomsonReuters observed, on the basis of patenting trends, that: "an epic industrial revolution has brought China to its current state of development, but it will be China's intellectual revolution that will carry it forward." Further analysis of this same data (recently posted by Mark Perry) would certainly support the view that China appears to be fast becoming a global innovation power.
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