At present, the country is fast shedding its tag of an imitator and producing some of the best research in chemistry, physics, and material sciences. Their contribution to prestigious journals of the world too has risen. But this is the result of years of sustained investments in homegrown research and academia. Bengaluru: China now produces the largest number of patents. Its Chang’e 6 lunar robotic spacecraft has hoisted the Chinese flag on difficult terrain of the Moon and its research and development (R&D) has grown 16-fold since 2000. The Western media is catching all that. And its batteries and state-of-the-art...