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Hostile policies and attacks on science are driving them back into China’s arms
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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Meanwhile, America is abandoning its winning formula

It is easier to talk about American harshness than Chinese malaise

Pushing back could threaten a trade deal and progress on Taiwan

Blame a lapsing cold-war arms treaty

Blame an expired treaty with Russia