US university leaders are increasingly shying away from collaborations with China for fear of getting blacklisted by national research funders, academics have warned. As tensions rise between the US and China, top administrators were opting to discourage research partnerships rather than make a misstep that could result in the loss of millions of dollars in institutional funding, explained two scholars with decades of experience in brokering Sino-US research. 'I have no doubt whatsoever that many, but not all, risk-averse administrators are doing so.

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