https://www.scmp.com/rss/507013/feed Kang Siqin is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In 2008, Li Yuanchao, then director of the Organisation Department of China’s Communist Party, established the Thousand Talents Plan. Li hoped to convince 2,000 of China’s best brains to take the plunge and return full-time to their motherland. Li hoped their return would liberalise China’s scientific establishment and create an “innovative society”. Unfortunately for Li, about 75 per cent of those willing to join the Thousand Talents Plan would only do so as “part-timers”, maintaining their... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3098673/how-china-can-show-us-its-thousand-talents-plan-has-nothing-hide?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3098673/how-china-can-show-us-its-thousand-talents-plan-has-nothing-hide?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Aug 2020 00:45:08 +0000