Ms. Karaskova, in your report, “How to Do Trusted Research”, you describe the findings of an online questionnaire of the experiences of researchers who have been funded at least in part by China. I quote:
The survey revealed these researchers did not report any negative experience connected to cooperation with China which also correlates with the positive perception of Chinese funding. Unsurprisingly therefore, the research cooperation with Chinese counterparts was not perceived as a potential risk by 65 percent of the respondents who filled in the questionnaires.
You also cited the following:
Respondents predominantly underlined the importance of previous positive experience with a Chinese partner and personal contacts or experience gained in China. They also highlighted that it has mainly been Chinese partners who initiated the research cooperation.
Is this the main problem—that our researchers are unaware of the threat posed by China? How do we change this perception?