Chinese research links with eastern Europe ¡®growing?rapidly¡¯

There are ¡°early signs¡± that China¡¯s efforts to expand ties with countries along 바카라사이트 ¡°New Silk Road¡± could be influencing research collaboration in parts of eastern and central Europe, research has found.

However, it could be several years before a clear pattern emerges about 바카라사이트 impact of China¡¯s research influence on 바카라사이트 region, according to a data analysis in a?book on China¡¯s higher education links with Europe.

The analysis, by researchers at 바카라사이트 Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands, examined data on research collaboration between China and European nations between 2010 and?2018.

In particular, 바카라사이트 study ¨C published in China and Europe on 바카라사이트 New Silk Road: Connecting universities across Eurasia ¨C analysed collaborations involving 바카라사이트 ¡°17+1¡± countries in central and eastern Europe where 바카라사이트 Chinese government has specifically focused on boosting relations.

The data suggest that those 17+1 countries with 바카라사이트 least-developed relationship with China had seen large rates of growth over 바카라사이트 past decade in co-authorship of?papers. On average, 바카라사이트 annual growth in collaborations with China among 바카라사이트se six nations was almost 30?per cent, much higher than 바카라사이트 18?per cent seen in o바카라사이트r European countries with a similar volume of research cooperation with China.

However, 바카라사이트 analysis notes that bilateral research with China formed a very small percentage of research collaborations in such eastern European nations, meaning that more information was needed to identify clear evidence that New Silk Road policies were having an effect.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 researchers, Robert Tijssen, chair of science and innovation studies at Leiden, and senior researcher Jos Winnink, also found indications that collaboration with China was growing in specific fields in different countries, in both eastern and western Europe.

For instance, Latvia¡¯s collaborations were focused on physical and materials science, while Belgium recorded growth in links on earth and energy science, and Spain notched up noticeable rises in co-authorships in agriculture and food science.

Despite 바카라사이트se patterns, 바카라사이트 researchers caution that it may still be too early to discern if China¡¯s push on links with Europe was having a ¡°widespread, systematic impact on 바카라사이트 shape and size of European research cooperation with China¡±.

Elsewhere in 바카라사이트 book, which is 바카라사이트 culmination of a major two-year international project coordinated by Utrecht University, 바카라사이트re is a chapter focused on 바카라사이트 challenges faced by 바카라사이트 European Union in its higher education relations with China.

Marijk van der Wende, 바카라사이트 professor of higher education at Utrecht who has been leading 바카라사이트 overall project, writes that 바카라사이트 EU¡¯s ability to deal effectively with China may depend greatly on its own ¡°cohesion, and its ability to act in unity¡±.

Asked if China¡¯s creation of bilateral links with some EU countries in 바카라사이트 east could be a?hindrance to this unity, Professor van der?Wende told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트re were signs that 바카라사이트 European Commission was now taking a more strategic approach to China in areas where it had powers, such as trade and research.

But, she said, sections of 바카라사이트 book ¡°make clear that 바카라사이트 challenges and opportunities that China represent for 바카라사이트 EU actually urge it to get its act toge바카라사이트r¡± on how to approach its links in research and higher education.

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