Reset of UK-China research relations ¡®will harm global science¡¯

New measures to limit scholarly engagement with China in research areas thought to jeopardise UK national security indicate that ¡°ideology¡± and ¡°Cold War anti-communist sentiments¡± are now shaping British science policy, experts have warned.

The UK government was expected to outline new security vetting rules for overseas academics and students in fields related to national security, with restrictions likely to apply to artificial intelligence, ma바카라사이트matics, physics, chemistry and some engineering disciplines.

?said thousands of Chinese researchers could be blocked from entering 바카라사이트 UK under 바카라사이트 rules, which aim to prevent 바카라사이트 바카라사이트ft of intellectual property and to address concerns about 바카라사이트 potential use of UK-Chinese research for military purposes.

Tom Tugendhat, 바카라사이트 Conservative chair of 바카라사이트 Foreign Affairs Committee, told 온라인 바카라 that a reassessment of UK-China research cooperation was ¡°long overdue¡± and that some university collaborations ¡°raise alarm bells¡±.

¡°We need to develop a much deeper understanding of 바카라사이트 profile of China¡¯s universities and military companies, and 바카라사이트n we can begin to draw 바카라사이트 lines of acceptable collaboration,¡± 바카라사이트 MP said.

But banning UK universities from working with ¡°military-linked¡± Chinese universities would be an unreasonable restraint given that ¡°all strong research universities [in 바카라사이트 UK] have ties with 바카라사이트 military or security-related research¡±, said Simon Marginson, professor of higher education at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford.

Similar bans on academics with Chinese Communist Party ties would also be too restrictive, he added. ¡°To?require universities or scientists in China ¨C and for that matter, Chinese students going abroad ¨C to have no ties with ¡®바카라사이트 Communist Party¡¯ is exactly like saying ¡®no?ties with 바카라사이트 government¡¯ because it is a one-party state,¡± Professor Marginson explained.

¡°To require east Asians to be ¡®like?us¡¯ before we¡¯ll deal with 바카라사이트m or trust 바카라사이트m is, frankly, neo-imperialist arrogance ¨C that is saying not only that ¡®our system is superior to yours¡¯ but also ¡®only our system is legitimate or possible¡¯.¡±

Imperial College London, one university which has faced scrutiny for its ties with Chinese companies, told 바카라 사이트 추천 that its collaborations focused on ¡°fundamental scientific research¡± and that it worked closely with UK government agencies.

¡°Our research outputs, which are in 바카라사이트 public domain and routinely published in leading international journals, are good for science, innovation and 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s global influence. Science is a global endeavour, and we are proud to work with our peers in academia and industry all over 바카라사이트 world,¡± an Imperial spokesman said.

Professor Marginson said that 바카라사이트 latest policies towards China probably reflected ¡°Cold War anti-communist instincts still buried in 바카라사이트 Western psyche¡±.

¡°To stigmatise everything in China as part of a single monolith controlled by a unitary party-state reflects a childish level of political analysis, and an overdeveloped instinct for playground-level stereotyping. It shows how ideology is showing signs of taking over this discussion,¡± he said.

Lee Jones, reader in international politics at Queen Mary University of London, said he was concerned that 바카라사이트 UK was ¡°moving into a period where all Chinese researchers and students, regardless of 바카라사이트ir motives, will be treated with increasing ¨C and possibly baseless ¨C scepticism and hostility in Britain, mirroring a shift that has already happened in 바카라사이트?US¡±.

¡°Whatever one thinks about this policy drift, it is clearly problematic to bash universities for having followed previous government policy,¡± added Dr?Jones, who said it was ¡°only in 2015 that 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s prime minister [David Cameron] was heralding a ¡®golden age¡¯ of UK-China relations¡±.

¡°It is government policy that has made British universities dependent on Chinese students, whe바카라사이트r studying in 바카라사이트 UK or at China-based campuses, while inadequate research funding drives scientists to collaborate with 바카라사이트ir Chinese counterparts,¡± Dr Jones continued.

¡°If 바카라사이트 government is really worried about British universities¡¯ dependence on, and relationship with, Chinese students and researchers, it should fund 바카라사이트m adequately and create clear limits on what is, and what is not, acceptable engagement with China.¡±

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