Impact of U.S.-China Geopolitics and Tariff Conflicts on Cross-Border Researchers

Historical Context of 2000–2025 and Impacts Today

Introduction

Over the past 25 years, academic exchange between the United States and China has evolved from robust cooperation to growing caution and constraint. What began in the 2000s as a period of expanding collaboration – with thousands of Chinese students flooding U.S. graduate programs and American scholars partnering with Chinese institutions – h…