Although the latest data predate the current Trump administration, observers warn that funding cuts will accelerate the rate of China’s gain.
You can say what you want about Trumps cuts which are bad to science but even before Trump we have seen declining science at the labs.
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It depends entirely on the metric used to measure success. Sure, using peer reviewed scientific paper output, China may be leaving us in the dust. But at LANL, scientific output hardly matters anymore. The real metric is number of meaningless bean counter, paper pusher, supervisor, manager and regulatory compliance jobs created. And by this metric, we are completely destroying the Chinese. They hold their head in shame at the level of inefficiency that would make even the Soviet Union blush.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wd5qpekkvo
Nasa bans Chinese nationals from working on its space programmes
7:28. Your jaded view is twenty years too late.
China was already ahead of the USA in Science, Engineering and R&D. The studies are out there (look for an Aussie group that measures such things). Trump is just nailing the coffin shut. Our science needed fixing and reform. Trump is delivering an execution.
This is why it is important for the US to have allies -- the scientific output of NATO combined with (for example) Japan, South Korea, and Australia is still no doubt much more than China.
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