China’s censorship campaign has targeted international journals and scientific databases, shaking the foundations of shared scientific knowledge, a New York Times investigation found.
Over the past 10 to 15 years, the United States has added a new tool to its foreign policy: targeted individual sanctions. Although it has made good use of broader sanctions Iran and North Korea come to mind the U.S. is increasingly taking action against specific violators. Given the complexity of U.S.-China relations, targeted sanctions are a particularly good instrument for U.S. foreign policy toward China.
Under pressure from their government, Chinese scientists have withheld data, withdrawn genetic sequences from public databases and altered crucial details in journal submissions.