Some participants in this discussion have taken the position that
the climate and opportunities for cooperation with Chinese researchers
have degraded over the past several years. The general consensus
is that a complicated mixture of factors has dis-incentivised meaningful
cooperation, particularly in the social sciences. These factors include
new requirements compelling Chinese researchers to publish
their own research in leading journals, earn money in increasingly
marketised institutions, and respond to both new and longstanding
political restraints that effectively ensure that both Chinese and foreign
researchers limit their work in ways that are more palatable to
official interests, particularly government ones.