Peter Gleick3d ago

We already see this.
I'm part of an international team of water scientists giving lectures on freshwater to Chinese university students. The first class has 1,500 students and they expect 10,000 to take the course. 10,000!
Just on #water issues.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00618-5

China could be the world’s biggest public funder of science within two years

Forecast by science-policy researchers raises questions about where the epicentre of global research will shift to in the coming decade.

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@petergleick The number of Chinese names I see in author lists in atmospheric science journals has exploded in the past few years.
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