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.

Show threadJustin Macleod
@petergleick I'm starting to wonder if the Chinese have the right idea about most things. Yes authoritarian, but they're not bank rolling or participating in major genocides, regime changing all over the place etc. They're pretty quiet relatively speaking.
Mar 20 at 11:13pmTweeseCake
Show threadAnnie2d ago
@JustinMac84 @petergleick
Pretty sure the Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in China might have a thing or two to say about whether or not the Chinese government indulges in genocide… 😢