Update on the battle between the USA and China for global dominance.
1. China accounts for ~20% of all science and engineering papers globally, more than the US
2. The papers published are increasingly among the most cited in the world, no longer just replication and fraud.
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1. China accounts for ~20% of all science and engineering papers globally, more than the US
2. The papers published are increasingly among the most cited in the world, no longer just replication and fraud.
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3. China graduates significantly more STEM PhDs than the United States and the gap is widening.
4. Chinese students who attend foreign universities are increasingly returning to china for work, reversing their brain drain.
4. Chinese students who attend foreign universities are increasingly returning to china for work, reversing their brain drain.
5. Chinese universities are increasingly offering big money bounties to attract the best international researchers.
6. For many fields, it is easier to do research in China. No complaints from animal-rights activists, fewer restrictions on private medical data.
6. For many fields, it is easier to do research in China. No complaints from animal-rights activists, fewer restrictions on private medical data.
7. The Chinese equivalent of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the NSFC, has a budget that is nearly at the level of the NSF's; it's probably higher at purchasing power parity.
IMO, China has some obstacles between it and become the dominant science and tech power (language, bad and increasingly inaccurate reputation for fraud and low quality of life, no immigration and declining population), but these weaknesses are mitigated by problems in the US.
The US has slowed its immigration, isn't retaining its best immigrants, remote has made global innovation possible, lacks domestic supply chains/manufacturing, has poor public education particularly in math/science, and is developing a nascent reputation as a lawless state.
Whether it's the recent successful hypersonic missile or the apparently first of its kind laser satellite communication they pulled off, China is defying its reputation as a "can only copy" country that poses no threat to US science and tech. I've seen their improvement with my
own eyes over the past decade.
Meanwhile, the USA increasingly stares at its own navel, blissfully unaware to how much it is falling behind, but hey back-to-back world champs, we always win in the end right?
Right?
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Meanwhile, the USA increasingly stares at its own navel, blissfully unaware to how much it is falling behind, but hey back-to-back world champs, we always win in the end right?
Right?
/thread
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