Physics World Special Report: China 2018
The Chinese government is ramping up its quest to attract non-Chinese scientists, recognizing that the country needs to foster a more collaborative approach to become truly innovative. As astronomer Richard de Grijs writes in this Special Report, his career progression in China has been limited by his foreign citizenship. De Grijs does point to the many benefits of working and living in China, adding that the scientific community is “vibrant, attractive and ever-more internationally competitive”. Still, these issues will need rectifying if China hopes to welcome more foreign scientists, especially if the country fulfils its plans to build a huge Circular Electron Positron Collider in the coming decade as well as launch a pioneering gravitational-wave space mission.
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Building the next collider
China’s energy plans
A new vision for research
My years in China
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