US cautioned on impact of limiting scientific exchanges
The United States' accelerating restrictions on collaboration with Chinese scientists and engineers over "national security" concerns could undermine US scientific competitiveness, according to experts.
"The scientists collaborate because they want to do better research. They are going where the best collaborators are, and the best collaborators are in China, more than any other country," said Arthur Bienenstock, co-chair of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences' Committee on International Scientific Partnerships.
He said the US government is labeling a very broad area, such as artificial intelligence or quantum computing, as sensitive and also proposing to put limits on the participation of Chinese graduate students in the "sensitive" projects.
