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How China–US collaborations still happen, despite politics

Misguided anti-espionage moves by the United States caused damage; the government should turn to researchers for recovery.
  1. Jenny J. Lee

    1. Jenny J. Lee is a professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

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In February, the US Department of Justice scrapped its China Initiative, an effort to look for espionage in research and industry. Arrests of Chinese-born researchers as a result of the initiative had made headlines, and countless scientists experienced pointless stress and investigations. The programme’s after-effects continue.

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Nature 607, 423 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01957-9

Competing Interests

J.J.L. has an outside interest in the Committee of 100 to the University of Arizona. Resulting conflicts of interest are being managed by the University of Arizona in accordance with its policies.

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