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For those that do not know what I’m doing in Beijing. I am currently doing research for my doctoral dissertation, essentially studying the impact of implementing pharmaceutical product patents on the development of the domestic pharmaceutical industry, transfer of technology, and inventive activity in China. I am here on a government fellowship with a group of American graduate students from different universities and programs. I am the only economist among botanists, anthropologists, computer scientists, etc. Provided that my research goes well this summer, I will be able to return to the states in September and begin writing my thesis. So, readers, cross your fingers for me.