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Less Chinese PhD students in US academia and jobs
312 sats \ 4 comments \ @zuspotirko 12 Nov charts_and_numbers
Less Chinese PhD student enroll in US universities. Less Chinese PhD students in the US get jobs in the US.
The start of this trend aligns suspicously good with the start us the US-Chinese trade war.
Source:
Building a Wall Around Science: The Effect of U.S.-China Tensions on International Scientific Research
https://www.nber.org/papers/w32622
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko OP 12 Nov
Look, I'm not a fan of the chinese regime and generally suspicious of chinese industrial espionage. But this is a bad trend. Universities, research and education are an important tie for cultural exchange. And cultural exchange is an important undercurrent in preventing war - something that should be in everybodys interest. Bad trend.
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70 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 12 Nov
I always found it a bit weird that they were trying to buy territory around army bases. I feel we just have to keep a watchful eye. Not everyone is a spy, though. Lets be real, some people just want to leave their country and build a better life for themselves.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko OP 12 Nov
Oh for sure there are moles used for spying.
I bet there are many PhDs in the US that got lucrative offers when they visited home on holidays. And I bet many of them get fed false information by US counter spies
Edit: If I had to guess, the same thing is probably happening over there. The PLA is probably littered by american spies. A lot of which get fed false information. lol. It's a cat and mouse game.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @7e6e393a56 12 Nov
This is obviously part of a trade war. When the American government explicitly imposes a semiconductor sanction on the Chinese market, there will certainly be some retaliation.
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