SCMP: Europe’s top nuclear physicists are placing their bets on China. 《南華早報》歐洲頂尖核物理學家將希望寄託於中國.

Scepticism over US fusion goals and chronic delays at the 33-nation International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project in France have created an opening for a new leader, China appears poised to fill it.

At the event, scientists from more than a dozen countries – including France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Austria and Belgium – signed the declaration encouraging international collaboration on fusion research in China.

對美國核融合目標的質疑，加上法國境內由33國參與的國際熱核融合實驗反應爐計畫陷入長期延誤，為新領導者的出現創造了契機，而中國似乎已準備好接棒。

此次會議期間，來自法國、英國、德國、意大利、瑞士、西班牙、奧地利及比利時等十餘國的科學家，共同簽署了支持在中國開展國際核融合研究合作的宣言。