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Scientists in China say US government crackdown is harming collaborations

Investigations into foreign interference on US campuses have rattled researchers in both countries.
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Scientists in China have told Nature that they are reluctant to travel to the United States for conferences or other research activities even when pandemic travel restrictions lift. They fear being caught up in the US government’s crackdown on foreign interference in science and ongoing political tensions between the two nations. The scrutiny has also led some researchers in China to dial back on collaborations with US colleagues and form new partnerships with teams in Europe or Japan.

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Nature 583, 341-342 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02015-y

Additional reporting by Richard van Noorden and Nidhi Subbaraman.

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  1. Cao, C., Baas, J., Wagner, C. S. & Jonkers, K. Sci. Public Policy 47, 172–183 (2020).

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