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Collaboration is a two way street. I feel for Wu in the article and it seems like she puts research over politics, but the fact of the matter still stands: is r
by AimForTheBushes 7y ago
Collaboration is a two way street. I feel for Wu in the article and it seems like she puts research over politics, but the fact of the matter still stands: is research being shared fairly? I seem to think not based on past experiences whenever a new virus strains pop up in China they drag their feet on providing samples, if at all [1].
So, if we share our cancer research, which costs billions, with China, can we expect them to return the favor? Or will it be used as leverage?
[1] https://www.livescience.com/63448-china-h7n9-flu-samples-pandemic-prevention.html https://www.livescience.com/63448-china-h7n9-flu-samples-pan...
- goodcjw2 7y agoTrade war is one thing, but using trade war to purge an entire ethnic group is a totally different level. Remember those Japanese in concentration camp during WWII? I thought this won't happen again. But now, with those news and comments, I need to reconsider.
- threeseed 7y agoI think you need to go have a lie down. Nobody is being ethnically cleansed.
- DoctorOetker 7y agoHe is not claiming it's happening, he simply states he's no longer certain it won't happen again within our lifetimes...
- goodcjw2 7y agoWell, maybe it's click baiting. But here goes the tag line of the article: "The NIH and the FBI are targeting ethnic Chinese scientists, including U.S. citizens, searching for a cancer cure."
- DoctorOetker 7y agoThe article starts with: >The NIH and the FBI are targeting ethnic Chinese scientists, including U.S. citizens, searching for a cancer cure. So, uhm, ... what 2-way street are we discussing? and how do we deal with people with a single Chinese parent? or 4 Chinese grandparents? ... does it involve measuring skulls as well? this is going over the top...
- ng12 7y agoI would presume it's people who were born in the PRC.
- thebooktocome 7y agoThe article is unnecessarily inflammatory. Every example the author gives of a Chinese or Chinese-American academic investigated by the FBI had prior ties to Chinese gov't run "innovation" programs. Many of these programs exist solely to transfer (i.e., steal) foreign IP.
- DoctorOetker 7y agosteal? >Along the way, Wu developed close ties with researchers and cancer centers in China. She was encouraged to do so by MD Anderson. The center’s president in the early 2000s, John Mendelsohn, launched an initiative to promote international collaborations. In China, MD Anderson forged “sister” relationships with five major cancer centers, cooperating on screening programs, clinical trials, and basic research studies. Instead of harassing employees doing their job, or research centers doing their job, how about if FBI want's to powertrip, they simply individually vote to make collaboration illegal, and only when it passes the legislative branch then prosecute? This is just framing people...
- thebooktocome 7y agoYou have strange ideas about the FBI's legislative authority.
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