China's scientific rise offers benefits to US

Washington urged to renew agreement with Beijing on technology cooperation

The scientific and technological progress of China over the past decades has led to a "two-way information flow" as described for the US-China cooperation framework by some experts, who refute "national security concerns" as excuses to shut the door for research collaboration.

More experts and groups have joined the efforts to urge the Joe Biden administration to renew a landmark deal with China on science and technology cooperation for five years after it was temporarily extended for six months late last month under pressure from the scientific community.

"At a time when more and more science is being produced outside the US, the nation is handicapping itself by restricting these collaborations," said Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences, or NAS, in a recent report cited by APA Justice, the Asian American Scholar Forum.