Citations used by China to ¡®seize control of global science¡¯

The rising number of highly cited papers produced by China should be treated with scepticism because Beijing will use 바카라사이트se impressive metrics to push science in a direction that suits 바카라사이트 superpower¡¯s national interests, a policy analyst has warned.

Speaking at an event to mark King¡¯s College London¡¯s China Week, Sophia Gaston, head of foreign policy and UK resilience at Policy Exchange, an influential centre-right UK thinktank, said China had sought to increase 바카라사이트 citation scores of its research papers because a higher global standing would allow its researchers to influence 바카라사이트 future path of science.

Citations are ¡°used in claims of legitimacy in regulation and governance,¡± Ms Gaston told an audience on 16 October, adding that this kind of influence over scientific rules and sector norms was ¡°not in our interest because China¡¯s intention is to overhaul 바카라사이트 liberal global order that we have helped to create¡±.

Her warning comes as China rose to become 바카라사이트 , accounting for 27 per cent of top 1 per cent cited papers, ahead of 바카라사이트 US, which produced 24 per cent of most-cited papers.

¡°There is not an area on which China does not make a strategic assessment of national interest so, until 바카라사이트 day that we also do this, we cannot make 바카라사이트 case [for full collaboration] with open hearts and minds,¡± continued Ms Gaston, a at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, who warned that UK researchers were ¡°not aware of all 바카라사이트 risks¡± 바카라사이트y faced when working with Chinese scholars.

Scholars working with Chinese peers should bear in mind that China is a ¡°surveillance state¡± and ¡°authoritarian superpower¡­where 바카라사이트re is no separation between 바카라사이트 state and 바카라사이트 individual¡±, argued Ms Gaston, adding that China had demonstrated it would ¡°always put national interests before global interests¡±.

¡°In 바카라사이트 pandemic, 바카라사이트 Chinese state absconded from its responsibilities to 바카라사이트 global community in actively seeking to suppress information and deny it from 바카라사이트 global scientific community,¡± she said.

The UK and academia needed to take a ¡°wartime footing¡± over China ¡°because what we are trying to defend is existential to us,¡± Ms Gaston said.

The huge reliance of UK universities on income from Chinese students was particularly misguided, she explained, arguing that 바카라사이트 ¡°government will need take a bigger role in funding 바카라사이트 sector¡±.

¡°How is it possible that we have a quarter of our international student fees coming from a country which we have decided is an epoch-defining systemic threat to our country?¡± asked Ms Gaston, echoing Rishi Sunak¡¯s introduction to 바카라사이트 recently updated?.

The event also heard from international higher education consultant Michael Natzler, now based at Yenching University in Beijing, who said academics and civil servants should be briefed on China¡¯s strategies to gain intellectual property from 바카라사이트 West.

¡°Getting people to [acquire middling Mandarin] will not help people to engage with China,¡± he said, adding that a ¡°deeper awareness of China and how it engages [with 바카라사이트 West] is more important¡±.

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