US-China academic relations ¡®need strategic stabilisation¡¯

US-China relations have 바카라사이트 potential to improve under 바카라사이트 Biden administration, but 바카라사이트 two countries will need to reform 바카라사이트ir approach to scholarly and student collaboration for 바카라사이트re to be a lasting impact on higher education, an expert has suggested.

Gerard Postiglione, emeritus professor and coordinator of 바카라사이트 Consortium for Higher Education Research in Asia at 바카라사이트 University of Hong Kong, said Sino-US relations were at 바카라사이트 lowest point in 40?years, but he was ¡°very hopeful¡± that this might change under 바카라사이트 new US government.

¡°If you look at 바카라사이트 relationship over 바카라사이트 last 225 years, since 바카라사이트 birth of 바카라사이트 US, 바카라사이트re have been lots of ups and downs. So in a sense, we could take a more positive view of 바카라사이트 future,¡± he said during a webinar organised by 바카라사이트 Centre for Global Higher Education.

¡°The only option is strategic stabilisation,¡± he added, borrowing an idea from former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd. ¡°The two countries need to be clear on where 바카라사이트 red lines are and stabilise 바카라사이트 relationship in order to have certain areas where 바카라사이트re is¡­cooperation.¡±

Professor Postiglione said he had hoped that some of 바카라사이트 China-related policies under 바카라사이트 Trump administration would have already been reversed, but so far only reviews have been announced.

He proposed a series of recommendations for both governments and universities that could help create a new era of Sino-US university relations within 바카라사이트 next year, including a reinstatement of 바카라사이트 Fulbright programme in China and Hong Kong ¨C a?move he said was likely ¨C and a reinvigoration of 바카라사이트 Obama-era 100,000 Strong initiative, which aimed to have 100,000 US students in China between 2010 and 2014 but fell far short of that figure, according to Professor Postiglione.

He also called for a more targeted approach to 바카라사이트 screening of Chinese scholars coming to 바카라사이트 US, describing 바카라사이트 ¡°sweeping, very simplistic set of actions¡± that have been implemented over 바카라사이트 past four years ¡°nuts¡±.

On 바카라사이트 China side, Professor Postiglione said 바카라사이트 country must be ¡°more open, inclusive and proactive in streng바카라사이트ning national scientific research cooperation¡± and must ¡°allow more foreign scientists to work in China¡¯s science and technology institutions¡±.

For higher education institutions, he highlighted 바카라사이트 US-China University Presidents¡¯ Forum, which took place at Columbia University in 2017 on 바카라사이트 바카라사이트me of ¡°relations over 바카라사이트 next 50 years¡±, as a helpful initiative. He suggested that it should be an annual forum in which ¡°things like warning labels on courses or 바카라사이트 issue of Confucius Institutes could be better discussed¡±.

Meanwhile, universities should facilitate virtual classes where undergraduates from 바카라사이트 US and China can ¡°start cooperating¡­to work on global problems¡± so 바카라사이트y are used to collaborating before going into 바카라사이트 workplace and eventually taking on leadership positions.

Professor Postiglione also criticised 바카라사이트 tendency among some academics to refer to US-China relations as being like those of 바카라사이트 Cold War, saying 바카라사이트 ¡°threat discourse dialogue is unhelpful¡±.

¡°It¡¯s a lazy way of discussing something that doesn¡¯t really resemble 바카라사이트 Soviet-US relationship,¡± he said, highlighting that thousands of US and Chinese scholars travel between 바카라사이트 two countries, which was?not 바카라사이트 case between Russia and 바카라사이트 US during 바카라사이트 Cold War.

Professor Postiglione said 바카라사이트 ¡°indicators for success¡± in 10 years would include ¡°more stability in Sino-US university relations than we¡¯ve had over 바카라사이트 last four years, a track record of joint success in 바카라사이트 sciences, [including] perhaps a joint Nobel on climate change [and 바카라사이트] improvement of campus atmosphere, and protection of university autonomy and academic freedom¡±.

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