Australian researchers risk being caught in US-China 'tech wars' crossfire

China now ranked above the US when it comes to collaboration with Australian researchers, but a new report finds that co-operation will come under increasing pressure

Australian researchers risk being caught up in the crossfire of intensifying tech wars" between the United States and China, a new report warns.

With technology now the defining element of the Trump administrations's strategic competition" with Beijing, American allies will come under increasing pressure to limit their science and technological interaction with China in critical dual-use fields, according to the United States Studies Centre's report.