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204 weeks separate the spectacular Olympic Games in Beijing from the start of the next Games, in our own city of London in 2012. By coincidence, 204 is also the number of countries taking part in the events in China.
Too good a coincidence to ignore, we think. MrWeb aims to become more and more an international site, and has long planned to introduce home pages for each country, in addition to the four regional HPs we now feature. We're therefore introducing an average of one country page a week between now and the London Games, following a trail around the world - our own MR-a-thon.
Pages for major economies like China will be (and already have been) updated regularly. Some entries will be less detailed, and in countries with little or no research industry we'll provide more general stats and comment. The second entry, for North Korea, is a perfect example of that as one of the few states that doesn't have any real market economy. South Korea and Japan are live and Taiwan will follow shortly. These have taken slightly more than a week apiece to get moving but we'll shortly be island-hopping in the Pacific and will get ahead of schedule then.
Each page will be here to stay and will be updated as appropriate - ie in those countries with a lot going on in research, updated often. You can use them as a jumping off point for news and jobs about MR in each country, and we hope they'll be an active forum for researchers based there - they include comments and short items from our local readers.
Your comments and suggestions are welcome.
See you in London in 4 years' time?
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