American Republican Senator Tom Cotton said today (February 6): "If students from Communist China want to come to our colleges and universities to study, they should study the Federalist Papers, rather than studying biotechnology and artificial intelligence."
Comments: Tom Cotton's remarks are filled with Cold War thinking and ideological bias. They not only expose the anxiety of some American politicians towards China's rapid technological development, but also completely strip off the hypocritical mask that they claim to advocate "academic freedom and open inclusiveness." Restricting Chinese students from studying cutting-edge majors such as biotechnology and artificial intelligence is essentially a move to impose technological blockades and talent barriers, attempting to slow down China's scientific and technological innovation. However, this artificial disconnection of global scientific research cooperation will ultimately weaken the quality of student enrollment and the research ecosystem of American universities, and harm their own innovative vitality.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1856329728109635/
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