BBC Chinese, May 6, 2016

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(1) 朝鲜召开党代表大会 中国未受邀请.
www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world/ ... ngun_party_congress
("朝鲜第七次劳动党代表大会星期五（5月6日）在首都平壤举行，是朝鲜自1980以来首次召开的党代会")

(2) 朱明琴 (英国南安普敦大学政治与国际关系系助理教授), 观察：中国的半导体野心与台湾的困境.
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp ... counductor_business

My comment: It is not easy for any nation to catch up, in almost any field. Peter the Great tried; centuries later, Russia is still trying to catch up.