Big Take Asia Podcast

China Ramps Up Experiments on Animals to Help Win Biotech Race

On today’s Big Take Asia podcast we look at cutting-edge experiments on large animals in China in a bid to develop new drugs.

Two cloned macaques named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua at the non-human-primate research facility under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2018.

Photographer: Jin Liwang/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images

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China is investing heavily in cutting-edge genetic experiments. It’s part of their quest to become a biotech superpower.