Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Since China opened to the world, the US and China have developed an extraordinary scientific partnership, which helped China rise to the forefront of global science, expanded America's contribution to science, and has advanced knowledge in key areas of human well-being.
Current political concerns endanger the collaboration. The US fears that China is "stealing" intellectual property to dominate science and technology critical to national security while China complains of US bullying against its rise to world superpower.
This second event of the China Innovation Series featured Richard Freeman (Herbert Ascherman Professor of Economics Harvard; Research Associate, NBER) & Ms. Qingnan Xie (PhD candidate, Nanjing University of Science and Technology). Moderated by Duke's Denis Simon (Senior Adviser to the President for China Affairs and professor of the practice), the speakers discussed the facts about the US-China scientific partnership, how the partnership impacted the world, and each of the partners, and what are the possible consequences of a breakdown in the partnership
This talk was the second event in the Fall 2021 China Innovation series of webinars co-sponsored by Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI,) the Duke University Center for International & Global Studies (DUCIGS,) and the Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law School.
The series was created by Denis Simon.
Upcoming events in the series:
- November 9, Tuesday, 7:00-8:30pm
“The Ebb and Flow of Returned Scientists and Engineers to China: What Does It Tell Us.”
Speaker: Dr. David Zweig (HKUST)
- December 7, Tuesday, 7:00-8:30pm
“Principled Interdependence: How to Maintain America’s High-Tech Advantages Over China”
Speaker: Dr. Scott Kennedy (CSIS)
Since China opened to the world, the US and China have developed an extraordinary scientific partnership, which helped China rise to the forefront of global science, expanded America's contribution to science, and has advanced knowledge in key areas of human well-being.
Current political concerns endanger the collaboration. The US fears that China is "stealing" intellectual property to dominate science and technology critical to national security while China complains of US bullying against its rise to world superpower.
This second event of the China Innovation Series featured Richard Freeman (Herbert Ascherman Professor of Economics Harvard; Research Associate, NBER) & Ms. Qingnan Xie (PhD candidate, Nanjing University of Science and Technology). Moderated by Duke's Denis Simon (Senior Adviser to the President for China Affairs and professor of the practice), the speakers discussed the facts about the US-China scientific partnership, how the partnership impacted the world, and each of the partners, and what are the possible consequences of a breakdown in the partnership
This talk was the second event in the Fall 2021 China Innovation series of webinars co-sponsored by Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI,) the Duke University Center for International & Global Studies (DUCIGS,) and the Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law School.
The series was created by Denis Simon.
Upcoming events in the series:
- November 9, Tuesday, 7:00-8:30pm
“The Ebb and Flow of Returned Scientists and Engineers to China: What Does It Tell Us.”
Speaker: Dr. David Zweig (HKUST)
- December 7, Tuesday, 7:00-8:30pm
“Principled Interdependence: How to Maintain America’s High-Tech Advantages Over China”
Speaker: Dr. Scott Kennedy (CSIS)
