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arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkChina is 2-5 years behind US and allies in key chip techwww.theregister.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoAll true but hardly unique to the US. China is not exactly a proponent of academic freedom and intellectual curiosity.
minus-squarealcoholicornlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoI am not familiar with China’s academic climate, but I find it difficult to imagine it’s worse than situation here. But even if it was, they produce twice as many PhDs; it would have to be really, really bad to be less effective overall.
minus-squareThrowawayOnLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoThey produce twice as many PhDs, but have over four times as many people.
minus-squarealcoholicornlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoResearch papers aren’t a per-capita thing, whether they have 4x as many people or 400x as many people, scientific advancement is scientific advancement.
All true but hardly unique to the US. China is not exactly a proponent of academic freedom and intellectual curiosity.
I am not familiar with China’s academic climate, but I find it difficult to imagine it’s worse than situation here.
But even if it was, they produce twice as many PhDs; it would have to be really, really bad to be less effective overall.
They produce twice as many PhDs, but have over four times as many people.
Research papers aren’t a per-capita thing, whether they have 4x as many people or 400x as many people, scientific advancement is scientific advancement.