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The US should listen to scientists about how to counter influence from China

The US government has attempted to counter foreign influence on American research by pursuing criminal investigations into scientists linked to China. Xiaoxing Xi — 2020 recipient of the American Physical Society’s Andrei Sakharov Prize — believes that non-criminal approaches, such as those recommended by the independent group JASON, address the problem better.

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Xi, X. The US should listen to scientists about how to counter influence from China. Nat Rev Phys 3, 384–385 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-021-00316-3

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