Links to the articles:
Rising power vs failed state
Latin America never did fully recover from the unspeakable damage the US has done to it
In b4 yet another cope article whining about ‘fake’ papers from China.
The PRC is increasing funding of science. But at what cost!!!
According to the article:
371 billion yuan (US$52 billion) on science and technology in 2024 — a 10% increase compared with the previous year
This is about a quarter of what the US government spends according to this report from the White House which shows about $200 billion in research dollars across all government agencies, although I’m sure this isn’t a perfect comparison.