After decades of American dominance, Chinese science is ascendant, and it is luring scientists like Pastor-Pareja away from the United States. China is on track to surpass the United States by the end of this year, according to the National Science Board. “There seems to be a sea change in how people are talking about Chinese science,” said Alanna Krolikowski, a Chinese science expert at Missouri University of Science and Technology. President Xi Jinping aims to supplant the United States as the world’s economic superpower within three decades. According to National Science Foundation statistics, China has almost caught up to the United States in its annual number of doctoral degrees in science and engineering, with 34,000 vs. the United States’ 40,000.

Source: Washington Post June 04, 2018 00:00 UTC