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Presented by John Gardner China's ambitious eight-year scientific programme, launched earlier this year at the National Science Conference in Peking, indicates a change in the status of Chinese science. and marks a new period of scientific exchange with the West.
A distinguished British medical delegation recently visited China to observe research into the major diseases.
Members of the delegation talk to John Gardner about how the study of unique population patterns in China may lead to a better understanding of the environmental and genetic factors in vascular diseases and cancer.
Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT
(Repeated: Wednesday 9.0 pm)