How is technology changing our culture?

Chinese often say that they are proud of their four great inventions. These are the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing. In 1976 Premier Zhou Enlai established "Science and Technology" (科技) as one of the Four Modernizations. Since then, genuine scientific research in specific fields have only been conducted in a relatively small scale, while technological advancement is only focused on what the government will provide funding for, such as the Space Program of China. However, all this is changing. Many Chinese universities and institutes conduct great deals of research, sometimes in collaboration with other countries.