Patriotism, plus ‘a love for education and science’, amid Trump research cuts, sees leading US statistician Liu Jun return to China.
    • Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      34·
      11 days ago

      Ontario universities and schools have had repeated funding cuts by premier Doug Ford. We are in a horrible position to be on the receiving end of any brain drain. Some universities are struggling to even stay open despite record overenrollment.

  • ZDL@lazysoci.alEnglish
    38·
    11 days ago

    Huh. Who could have predicted this? If you vilify an entire ethnic group for the better part of a decade, blaming it for everything up to and including sunspots, the people of that ethnic group will start to think they’re unwelcome and move away.

    There was absolutely no way to have predicted this.

      • ZDL@lazysoci.alEnglish
        161·
        11 days ago

        (This is a form of comedic writing called “hyperbole”. They didn’t actually get accused of causing sunspots. It’s just an exaggeration of how they get blamed for everything, like apparently how Brazilian farmers are “coerced” by China into buying cheaper, higher-quality, not-locked-down tractors instead of American rent-seeking pieces of shit like John Deere.)

        • ramenshaman@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          11 days ago

          Ah. Well, we’ve gotten to the point where I’m no longer able to discern the difference between reality and satire. I really wouldn’t have been surprised if our current administration had made that accusation. Disappointed? I guess, but it would have been par for the course at this point.

          • ZDL@lazysoci.alEnglish
            8·
            11 days ago

            I know, right? We’ve reached the point where I can’t tell the difference between reality and The Beaverton. Like which of these are satire?

            • Carney hoping Canadians too busy applying for jobs to notice skyrocketing unemployment numbers
            • Carney cancels invite for Project 2025 mastermind, wants fascist takeover of Canada to be more of a surprise
            • SNL casts Canadian provided she can evade ICE at border
            • Employee appreciation lunch features cheapest food possible
            • Mark Carney celebrates Labour Day by ordering labourers back to work

            Any one of those could be mistaken for reality these days.

  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
    13·
    10 days ago

    remember the last time this happened during the cold war, it resulted in china achieving fission-fusion hydrogen bombs faster than any other country in a short amount of time. the red scare, scared away a nuclear scientist to the ccp.

  • Tenderizer@lemmy.caEnglish
    127·
    11 days ago

    Unrelated but why is the South China Morning Post asking me for money. I’d assume an English language Chinese newspaper exists solely for propaganda purposes. Is there a market for this in the West?

    EDIT: It’s Hong Kong based, that’s why it’s so weird.

    • kossa@feddit.orgEnglish
      8·
      11 days ago

      It is really weird, but US based newspapers ask me for money as well, even though I am in Europe. I assumed those newspapers exist solely for propagande purposes. It is weird, but maybe it is to remain inconspicuous.

      • Tenderizer@lemmy.caEnglish
        21·
        10 days ago

        Yeah, I get your point. But would a US-based Chinese-language newspaper ask for money?

      • Tenderizer@lemmy.caEnglish
        22·
        10 days ago

        The operative word is “English”. An English language newspaper from China would be.

          • Tenderizer@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            10 days ago

            I guess a little, I shouldn’t have assumed all people with family connections in China would speak Chinese as their first language. And I completely forgot about Hong Kong which has (or had, IDK) a significant English-speaking population.