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Washington’s scrutiny of Chinese and Chinese-American scientists is hurting their productivity—and global scientific cooperation
FortuneU.S.-China tensions led to a 16% drop in Chinese students attending U.S. PhD programs between 2016 and 2019, according to a NBER working paper.