[gervase]

> Everything they do should be a public good.

It seems the main disagreement is on how to define public in this context. Should it be for the good of humanity, or the good of the United States? And, if it's the latter, how can that restriction be enforced?

[DoctorOetker]

It's even more ridiculous, from the same article:

>Since 2010 the NIH itself has offered about $5 million a year in special grants for U.S.-China collaborations, with 20% going to cancer research, and a counterpart in China has pitched in an additional $3 million a year.

So ... if we compare average living standards, China seems to be investing more

[sdinsn]

You know what's ridiculous? That we are giving a single cent for US-China collaborations. That $5M should be going to US researchers only.