Experts suggest that Sino-Russian scientific collaboration could counter US isolation and establish an alternative model for global research, potentially shifting the scientific 'centre of gravity' eastward.

Cooperation between China and Russia on science and technology could help stop US isolation and allow the international science community to “return to normalcy” amid geopolitical tensions, according to experts in the US and Russia. It could also offer the world an alternative model of scientific collaboration and signal a shift in the scientific “centre of gravity” from the West to the East. As the leaders of China and Russia met in Beijing, experts said they hoped the summit would provide...