History of silk and in part replaced natural silk. Following the crisis in Europe, the modernization of sericulture in Japan made it the world's foremost silk producer. By the early 20th century, rapidly industrializing Japan was producing as much as 60 percent of the world's raw silk, most exports shipping through the port of Yokohama. Italy managed to rebound from the crisis, but France was unable. Urbanization in Europe saw many French and Italian agricultural workers leave silk growing for more lucrative factory work. Raw silk was imported from Japan to fill the void. Asian countries, formerly exporters of raw materials (cocoons and
Plan S the Jussieu Call for Open science and bibliodiversity and others to facilitate a full transition to immediate Open Access. On 5 December 2018 it emerged that the Ministry of Science and Technology (China) will support Plan S and the goal of immediate Open Access for publicly funded projects. In 2018 China has become the world's largest producer of scientific articles in terms of the sheer volume. Plan S Plan S is an initiative for open-access science publishing that was launched by Science Europe on 4 September 2018. It is an initiative of "cOAlition S", a consortium launched by the European