美高校惧怕与中国合作，美国教授愤然辞职！

近日，美国教授丹尼斯·西蒙给中国日报发来邮件说，由于他所在的大学对与中国的合作和接触非常恐惧、猜疑，他已从美国北卡罗莱纳大学教堂山分校辞职。

Scholar Denis Simon wrote to China Daily to say he has resigned from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill because of an insurmountable gap between him and the academic community regarding engagement with China. 

在接受中国日报专访时，西蒙坦言，目前美中关系呈螺旋式下滑，美国大学的高层们很紧张，担心和中国交流频繁会导致美国政府警惕所谓“国家安全问题”并收回对大学的资助，所以刻意与中国保持距离。 

“The US universities are distancing themselves from China because we’ve entered this new downward spiral in US-China relations. US university leaders are fearful that if they get too close to China, that the federal government will worry about so-called national security issues and related problems and they will take away funding from other areas in the university,” he said.

美国一直声称所谓“脱钩”“去风险化”，都源于政客渲染的“中国威胁”和夸大其词、以偏概全的叙事方式。

西蒙说，中国学生和学者带着追求来美国，或是想提升事业或是想跟进科学前沿，中美科学家的研究成果出现在世界顶级期刊上，这证明中美科学家的合作富有成效。

Simon said most Chinese students and scholars went to the US just to advance their careers or to advance the cutting edge of science.  

 

“Collaboration between American scientists and Chinese scientists has been the most productive collaboration in terms of publications in the best tier-1 referee journals,” Simon concluded.

过去40年里，西蒙教授一直在中美两国之间发挥着合作桥梁的作用。他1981年第一次访问中国，之后几乎每年都多次前往中国。他在美国加州伯克利分校的博士论文，研究题目就是中国的科技政策。

Simon said he has served as a bridge between the US and China for the past 40 years. He made his first trip to China in 1981, and has continued to travel to China on a regular basis multiple times a year. His doctorate from the University of California was focused on Chinese science and technology policy.

在辞职前，西蒙教授担任北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校凯南-弗拉格勒商学院全球商业与技术的实践教授。

Before resigning, he served as clinical professor of Global Business and Technology at the Kenan Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

从2015年至2020年期间，西蒙教授曾任昆山杜克大学执行副校长一职。昆山杜克大学位于江苏昆山，是武汉大学和美国杜克大学合作创办的。

From 2015 to 2020, Simon served a five-year term as executive vice chancellor of Duke Kunshan, a joint university between Duke University and Wuhan University located in the city of Kunshan in Jiangsu province. The university focused on offering high-quality undergraduate and graduate degree programs as well as offering a broad array of state-of-the-art research facilities.

在收到西蒙教授的邮件后，中国日报曾联系北卡罗来纳教堂山分校，询问该校对西蒙教授辞职的看法，但迄今未得到回复。

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did not respond to media queries about Simon’s resignation.

为扭转当前局面，西蒙认为，两国迫切需要恢复信任，先从小事着手，再以小促大，因为这不仅事关美中两国，也关系整个世界。

Looking forward, Simon believes the US and China should emphasize people-to-people diplomacy so the two countries could feel at ease with one another. 

“Let’s not try to be overly ambitious, but let's take one or two problems that we face. Let's restore the trust. Once we've accomplished those one or two, minor projects, let's take on bigger and more pressing projects. And as more confidence and more trust is built, we can go forward in terms of taking on the bigger issues that confront not only both countries, but also the world,” Simon said.

记者：赵满丰