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

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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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