US-China Science Relations and the PhDs Caught in the Middle

<p>What's it like to live across the US-China scientific divide? Yale Law School postdoc, particle physicist and essayist Yangyang Cheng (@yangyang_cheng) joins me alongside undergrad Alex Liang to talk about understanding the other, how the personal can be lost in the noise of geopolitical tension and science across borders.</p><br><p>We also discuss</p><ul><li>Power hierarchies and identities</li><li>The “new red scare” and scrutiny on Chinese scientists</li><li>The Large Hadron Collider as a</li><li>Language as an instrument of state power</li><li>"Brain drain" and other phrases Yangyang doesn't like</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Please consider supporting ChinaTalk on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ChinaTalk</strong></p><br><p>Links to Yangyang’s articles:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-china-US.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-china-US.html</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/05/west-china-threat-real-place-domestic-agendas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/05/west-china-threat-real-place-domestic-agendas</a></p><p><a href="https://thebulletin.org/premium/2020-12/the-edge-of-our-existence-a-particle-physicist-examines-the-architecture-of-society/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thebulletin.org/premium/2020-12/the-edge-of-our-existence-a-particle-physicist-examines-the-architecture-of-society/</a></p><br><p>Outro music: I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free by Nina Simone <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inNBpizpZkE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inNBpizpZkE</a></p> <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/1959352">Get bonus content on Patreon</a><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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