kē xué jì shù shì dì yī shēng chǎn lìdictionary entry
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science and technology is the number one productive force (from a 1978 speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Dèng Xiǎo píng] introducing the Four Modernizations 四個現代化|四个现代化[sì ge xiàn dài huà])
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科學技術是第一生產力 科学技术是第一生产力 [ke1 xue2 ji4 shu4 shi4 di4 yi1 sheng1 chan3 li4] /science and technology is the number one productive force (from a 1978 speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] introducing the Four Modernizations 四個現代化|四个现代化[si4 ge5 xian4 dai4 hua4])/

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