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China Expands Research Funding, Luring U.S. Scientists and Students

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Re: China Expands Research Funding, Luring U.S. Scientists and Students

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This is fantastic news. Science will eventually benefit all of mankind even if the benefits are initially felt closer to where they're conducted.

I welcome increased science funding regardless of who is doing it, particularly when we're talking about non-military scientific research.

If this makes the US feel competitive and they increase funding state-side then so much the better. We'd all benefit from that too.

Re: China Expands Research Funding, Luring U.S. Scientists and Students

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This is fantastic news. Science will eventually benefit all of mankind even if the benefits are initially felt closer to where they're conducted. I welcome increased science funding regardless of who is doing it, particularly when we're talking about non-military scientific research. If this makes the US feel competitive and they increase funding state-side then so much the better. We'd all benefit from that too.

I agree. It's also good to have more diversification of science and technology progress. That way if one country gets an anti-science leader, it makes less of a difference to overall human progress.

Re: China Expands Research Funding, Luring U.S. Scientists and Students

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I don't really think China is luring too many U.S. scientists... Most of the scientists I know pretty much ignore research out of China, because a large portion of it is just not replicable (and / or lies).

A problem not unique to China unfortunately...
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