China really wants to attract talented scientists and Trump just helped her

China has already recorded significant success in its competition with the United States to attract scientific talents. She has attracted some of the world’s leading researchers in her universities, Nobel Prize -winning people, with the famous MacArthur Awards “Genius” and any other prestige academic title. According to the New York Times, Trump government policies may further enhance China’s efforts. During his term, President Trump significantly cut the funding of research, which had helped the United States be established as a world leader in science and technology. At the same time, he attacked the country’s top universities and tried to limit the introduction of international students. In particular, scientists of Chinese descent were targeted, as US officials said they were a possible threat to national security, channeling valuable knowledge to China. Chinese scientists were researched or even arrested. Last week, the Trump government announced that it will move “aggressively” to cancel student […]
Source: News Beast

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