"Beijing: China is building the world's largest multifunctional research platform for nanotechnology....."
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/scie...868776.cms

.....SA/KAUST may have been gaming QMC, but China seems very, very focused and serious wrt their stated goals



China’s new light sources prove it’s serious about funding science

At a time when scientists in Japan and Western countries are struggling to get funding, the situation is the opposite in China. Beijing is investing in science with an eye to moving the nation’s economy beyond labor-intensive manufacturing and developing cleaner technologies. It’s also after the prestige that comes with being a world scientific powerhouse.
http://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i5/Chinas-new-...1467710863