So I was just doing a bit of research about some science advancements in graphene processors, as I heard about it in a segment about China's recent research breakthroughs. I did some googling and found... let's say a slightly biased perspective (Just kidding, it's straight up propaganda)

So this is the research paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.12446.pdf

Notice how there are 12 researchers from Tianjin University in China, also notice how there are 3 researchers from Georgia Tech, this includes one american author who co-founded this research center with person in china. So this is a joint effort. He's actually listed as also being a part of Tianjin University, so I guess 13 to 3 people in each respective university (one person double counted).

If you google for "graphene seg semiconductors" you get:

  • Georgia techs website first, okay.
  • A couple links to the article on arxiv and nature, cool,

And then, a bunch of news articles:

  • https://www.power-and-beyond.com/scientists-develop-the-newest-semiconductor-of-2024-a-85c344436bde92e7350122cb5c012b7a/ - doesn't mention china at all, never Tianjin, only Georgia institute

  • https://spectrum.ieee.org/graphene-semiconductor - doesn't mention china at all

  • https://www.networkworld.com/article/1288967/georgia-tech-researchers-achieve-key-breakthrough-in-graphene-semiconductors.html opens with Georgia tech did such and such, mentions china half way though in passing.

  • https://eepower.com/market-insights/researchers-create-worlds-first-graphene-semiconductor/# - opens with georgia tech, no mention of china

  • https://www.newscientist.com/article/2410612-first-working-graphene-semiconductor-could-lead-to-faster-computers/ - you guessed it, all georgia tech, no mention of china at all

Well damn, with 13 out of the 15 researchers having affiliation with the lab in China, you would think that someone would emphasize that this research was done... In China? Not just "helped" by China, not just "assisted by", but like, most of the research was done there. On paper this was a partnership, but most sites won't even go that far. Georgia Tech did this/that/was awesome/yay america, oh and some place in China was involved too, only sometimes mentioned.

My god, it's as if Usonians just can't swallow the fact that China has scientists... and researchers... and like, smart people. As a Usonian who is breaking out of my media bubble, it's crazy to me to see how fucking biased our "neutral" sources of information are. Wikipedia hasn't been updated with this info yet, but I bet it will mark down all the awesome work Georgia tech did while only mentioning in passing that some place in China was also involved.

I'm not even gonna bother posting this to a lib space like reddit. The copium would be too much for me to handle. The only thing I can think about is if the tables were turned, no lib would have a problem calling out "CCP propaganda" after the first sentence of the article claimed "Tianjin University in China does breakthrough research on graphene processors!"

  • Hello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]24•3 months ago

    This isn't new or American, it's just yt in general

    • Shibasaburo was denied naming rights for the bubonic plague (which he discovered first) and also denied a Nobel prize for curing diphtheria
    • Bose also faced enormous racism (I haven't read much about him)
    • Kikunae Ikeda discovered and characterized the Umami taste and its responsible Glutamate component back in 1907. It took over 100 years for that to even become vaguely known in the west, and mayos still bitch about the word "umami"
    • entire genuses native to China or India, and known since 3000 BC as medicine there, are named *Xylospongium ursabackenphylloxiphodae" with a common name of "Smith's dildo" because John Smith "discovered" the dildo in the year 1927. Alternatively, you'll have common names like "long apple" vs. "short apple" vs. "China apple" vs. "Himalayan apple", even though actual, much older Indigenous names exist
    • Wikipedia and literal renaming of landmarks, IE: Ram Setu. Imagine unironically calling the Eiffel Tower "Shiva's tower", this is literally what mayos do right now

    Also half of the "American" researchers are Chinese or Indian or elsewhere from the Global South

    TGotFW, 1 billion Mount Denalis

    • @ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml12•3 months ago

      His snubbing by the Nobel committee was completely racially biased and a perfect example of what you were discussing, but I will say that he wasn’t credited for the discovery of the bubonic plague because of a stroke of really bad luck and poor communication.

      He did isolate the disease and identify it, but his initial reports were extremely vague, and he didn’t elaborate further when his superiors and peers in Japan pressed for more information. Further, his samples became contaminated with a separate bacteria, causing his later reports to be extremely wrong and contradictory making his peers disregard his work. The other scientist on the other hand managed to isolate the disease without contamination, and double identified its source and mode of transmission, that being fleas. Shibasaburo was unable to identify the source of the disease.

      Despite that, he’s still listed as a co-discoverer in basically all reputable biology sources. He just got really unlucky, and his work was shoddy because of that poor luck.