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China closes in on Europe’s R&D spending

By Sarah Laitner in Brussels

Published: June 11 2007 19:19 | Last updated: June 11 2007 19:19

China is just two years away from catching up on Europe’s level of spending on research and development, a study showed on Monday.

China, Japan and South Korea have substantially boosted the proportion of gross domestic product they spend on R&D while the European Union, since the mid-1990s, has failed to ramp up its investment in research, according to the report.

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