Here are several engaging title options (no source mentioned): 1. The US-China “Science Race” – Why It’s Not a Competition 2. The Myth of a US-China Science Race 3. US vs. China in Science: Why the “Race” Narrative Misses the Point 4. Not a Race: R
Washington may brand Beijing a technological rival, but American and Chinese scientists still work shoulder-to-shoulder in labs and co-author papers – a steady, behind-the-scenes interdependence that undercuts the rhetoric of a zero-sum race