Fudan University Researchers Advocate Dialogue for US-China Scientific Ties
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Fudan University researchers Zhao Minghao and Chen Yutong suggest that continuous dialogue and clearly defined boundaries are crucial for stabilizing scientific ties between China and the US, amidst their intensifying hi-tech rivalry and US national security concerns.
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Warum es wichtig ist
The hi-tech rivalry between Washington and Beijing has intensified over the past decade, evolving from trade disputes to a systemic battle targeting cross-border talent, with the US increasingly viewing academic collaboration as a national security vulnerability.
Scientific ties can be a stabilising force in relations between China and the US but as the two countries jostle for a hi-tech edge, maintaining these links will mean going beyond simple competition versus cooperation.
To get there, Beijing and Washington will need to keep in continuous contact and have clearly defined boundaries, with narrower areas of collaboration.
That was the finding Zhao Minghao, a professor at Fudan University’s Institute of International Studies, and Chen Yutong, a graduate student at the institute, outlined in a research paper on July 15 in the China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies, the journal of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies.
The hi-tech rivalry between Washington and Beijing has evolved over the past decade from trade disputes to a systemic battle that targets cross-border talent pipelines, with the US increasingly seeing academic collaboration as a national security vulnerability.
That outlook was reflected in Washington’s 2018 decision to launch the China Initiative to combat suspected theft of trade secrets and intellectual property.
Offene Fragen
- How will the US and China implement narrower areas of collaboration?
- What specific boundaries will be defined for scientific ties?
