‘Universities must learn how to de • Table.Briefings

Matthias Stepan from the Ruhr University Bochum coordinates the flow of information and research of the EU project „China Horizons – Dealing with a Resurgent China.“

Universities are unsure about how to deal with cooperation with China. At the same time, the debate about Chinese influence is becoming more and more emotionally charged. In conversation with Finn Mayer-Kuckuk, Matthias Stepan from the Ruhr-Uni Bochum offers some orientation in the debate.

As the first German university, the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg has decided to only accept CSC scholarship holders if they have also been selected by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). What does that say about the stance on university cooperation with China?

‘Universities must learn how to deal with security-related research’

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