Scientists say they hope Xi-Putin summit will bring more support for collaboration as Moscow and Beijing sign deals on tech and innovation
4-MIN READ4-MIN ListenVictoria BelaPublished: 6:11pm, 20 May 2026Updated: 6:12pm, 20 May 2026Cooperation 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.
At the summit, Moscow and Beijing signed 40 agreements, including on deepening cooperation in innovation, technology, energy, science and education.
