cover image: Security focus is setting back science in both China and the U.S.

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Security focus is setting back science in both China and the U.S.

10 Jan 2023

S Researchers are finding it more difficult to live and work in the two countries Technology has emerged as a central front in the geostrategic rivalry between China and the U. [...] At the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in October, President Xi Jinping devoted a whole chapter of his opening address to science and technology, describing it as "the primary productive force" of the country. [...] The effects of the zero-COVID policy are likely to last for some time, even as the restrictions are unwound. [...] Both the zero-COVID policy and the emphasis on ideology are symptoms of the authorities' prioritization of security and control over all else. [...] conducted by the University of Arizona and the Committee of 100, a group of prominent Chinese Americans, found that 42% had considered leaving the country.

Authors

Jeremy Stevens

Pages
3
Published in
Australia