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Nationalistic Chinese bloggers warned over costs of shouting down scientists
Renowned scientists such as physicist He Zuoxiu and Fields Medal winner Yau Shing-Tung have been subjected to online attacks.
Several Chinese scientists were recently labelled pro-American after they said there was a US-China gap in basic research or commented negatively on the tech ecosystem, as many internet influencers sought to whip up nationalistic sentiment to boost traffic. “While China has made remarkable achievements in science and technology in recent years, it would only impede its further advance by being overconfident and turning a blind eye to the problems,” online outlet The Paper, run by the state-owned Shanghai United Media Group, wrote in an editorial last week. In several video clips circulating online, He and Qing Chengrui, his wife and CAS colleague, said China lagged a long way behind the US, Germany and other Western countries in the quality of basic research, noting that most advanced medical equipment in Chinese hospitals was imported.
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