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US Holds off China Challenge in Global R&D Spending Race

US Holds off China Challenge in Global R&D Spending Race

Closely watched science and technology indicators from Washington DC show the US is still the world's biggest spender on research and development, confounding expectations that China would takeover the lead.

The Unseen Cost: How U.S. Scrutiny of Chinese Researchers Threatens Scientific Collaboration

The Unseen Cost: How U.S. Scrutiny of Chinese Researchers Threatens Scientific Collaboration

Explore the complex landscape of scientific collaboration for Chinese researchers in the U.S. amidst heightened tensions and policy changes. Understand the impact on international collaboration and the future of scientific exchange.

Why It Would Be a Dangerous Folly to End US-China Science Pact

Why It Would Be a Dangerous Folly to End US-China Science Pact

With renewal of the two countries' decades-long science pact still on hold, there is too much talk about the risks of collaboration - and too little about the benefits.

EU Moves to Shield Researchers from Chinese Interference 

EU Moves to Shield Researchers from Chinese Interference 

The bloc aims to prevent the 'emerging risks' of knowledge and technology leakage.

Time to Open Its Doors Wider, or Will China Fall into a Middle-technology Trap?

Time to Open Its Doors Wider, or Will China Fall into a Middle-technology Trap?

Chinese Academy of Sciences says China faces a risk of being hamstrung at the low and mid-end of the global value chain amid the ongoing tech war with the US.

Global Science is Splintering into Two - and This is Becoming a Problem

Global Science is Splintering into Two - and This is Becoming a Problem

The United States and China are pursuing parallel scientific tracks. To solve crises on multiple fronts, the two roads need to become one.

Xi-Biden Summit Resumes Research and Technology Collaboration on Climate

Xi-Biden Summit Resumes Research and Technology Collaboration on Climate

Washington and Beijing have resumed a raft of environment-related collaboration measures, including promises of new support for Chinese and American universities to work together on recycling and resource efficiency.

China is Blooming and Flourishing with Science and Technology  

China is Blooming and Flourishing with Science and Technology  

Share:Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on X (Twitter)Share on TelegramShare on RedditShare on Email[Presented in the seminar on the "Significance of India China Relations in the Present National and Global Context" at the National conference of India China Friendship Association conducted on   October 14-15,2023, Hyderabad] India and China bloomed with rich ancient civilizations. Both countries-epicentres […]

The Belt and Road Initiative is Boosting Science - the West Must Engage, Not Withdraw

The Belt and Road Initiative is Boosting Science - the West Must Engage, Not Withdraw

China is deepening scientific links with low- and middle-income countries. Europe and the United States would be wise to join this effort, which could help to resolve economic, environmental and political crises.

Why China is Turning to Sci-tech in New Action Plan to Boost Belt and Road

Why China is Turning to Sci-tech in New Action Plan to Boost Belt and Road

China's president unveils a vision for the infrastructure strategy that could help other countries overcome Western restrictions. The Action plan includes harnessing markets and talent of participating countries to power scientific and technological advancement.

US Extends Science and Technology Agreement with China, Buying Time to Renegotiate the Deal

US Extends Science and Technology Agreement with China, Buying Time to Renegotiate the Deal

The US has extended a historic science and technology agreement (STA) with China by six months, but now needs to renegotiate the deal to mollify concerns that it aids Beijing's technological and military rise and fails to ensure a reciprocal research relationship. 

U.S.-China Tensions Could Complicate Effort to Renew Key Research Pact

U.S.-China Tensions Could Complicate Effort to Renew Key Research Pact

Rising tensions between the United States and China could derail the renewal of a 44-year-old agreement on scientific cooperation between the two countries. Last week, U.S. President Joe Biden invited China to spend the next 6 months discussing changes to the broad agreement, first signed in 1979, that enables joint research.

The Party Rules: China's New Central Science and Technology Commission

The Party Rules: China's New Central Science and Technology Commission

In March 2023, the Chinese government issued the “Reform Measures of the Party and State Organizations,” which included the establishment of the Central Science and Technology Commission (CSTC). 

Bans, Flagships, and a Green Pivot: The State of EU-China Research Relations

Bans, Flagships, and a Green Pivot: The State of EU-China Research Relations

China's involvement in Horizon Europe is becoming increasingly restricted to environment-focused and basic research, but is still holding up despite geopolitical headwinds and the disruption to face-to-face contact caused by the pandemic.

China's Use of Formal Science and Technology Agreements As a Tool of Diplomacy

China's Use of Formal Science and Technology Agreements As a Tool of Diplomacy

China's government uses a variety of diplomatic tools to pursue its foreign policy aims including negotiating and signing formal bilateral science and technology.

Science History: Yue Xiong's Great Leap

Science History: Yue Xiong's Great Leap

Yue Xiong is a microbiologist who emigrated to the United States from China to complete his doctorate in 1989. He is the chief scientific officer of pharmaceutical company Cullgen and was a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This article follows Yue Xiong’s quest for education and is based on an interview from the Science History Institute’s oral history archive conducted in 2000 by historian William Van Benschoten.

The Security Crackdown by Canadian Government is Hampering Research Collaboration with China

The Security Crackdown by Canadian Government is Hampering Research Collaboration with China

The Canadian government's stepped up security for foreign research collaborations has created a climate of fear in which some scientists have stopped submitting grant applications and others have quietly severed ties with collaborators in China.

China's Quantum Leap - Made in Germany

China's Quantum Leap - Made in Germany

Germany's oldest university hosts many scientists conducting groundbreaking work. Little did they know how they would become entangled in China's quantum military strategy.