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US and China renew sci-tech agreement

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After 16 months of delay, the US and China finally re-signed the bilateral Science and Technology Agreement (STA) on Friday.
Some context: The STA was the first major agreement between China and the US, inked weeks after diplomatic normalization in 1979.

It sets terms for government-level research ...