Foreign firms want Chinese boffins. America and China may have other plans
    • Flying Squid
      2•2 months ago

      From the article before the paywall:

      Between 2012 and 2021 foreign firms increased their collective Chinese research personnel by a fifth, to 716,000. Their annual R&D spending in the country almost doubled, to 338bn yuan ($52bn). Add investments by local firms and China now matches Europe’s R&D tally (see chart). Only America splurges more.

      So it sounds like it kind of is.

        • Flying Squid
          1•2 months ago

          I think that quibbling over an a/the issue when the article in general doesn’t really take that into consideration (journalists generally don’t write headlines, editors do) is not the best way to approach this subject.

          I think the article itself is pretty good.

          You can bypass the paywall here: https://archive.is/nVZTB

          • @[email protected]
            0•2 months ago

            “The” means that its the ONLY lab. “A” means that its one of multiple. Its not pedantics, its just straight up lying.

            • Flying Squid
              1•2 months ago

              Again- authors of articles generally do not write headlines. Editors do, just like editors have control over the artwork on the front cover of a book. You are judging a book by its cover. That’s why you read the blurb on the back and find out that Bigfoot isn’t actually in The Fellowship of the Ring.