1"use strict";(self.webpackChunketo_platform=self.webpackChunketo_platform||[]).push([[2883],{8373:function(e,t,a){a.r(t),a.d(t,{Head:function(){return y},default:function(){return E}});var n=a(8453),r=a(6540),o=a(1088),i=a.p+"static/singapore1-f3daae708b54bb324624d2be316f2395.gif",s=a.p+"static/singapore1a-a51cc6b467021b26ee2cc32e9eb243ad.png",c=a.p+"static/singapore2-ce4f0a6c94d0eabd17825bc6ecad8040.gif";function l(e){const t=Object.assign({p:"p",em:"em",strong:"strong",a:"a"},(0,n.RP)(),e.components),{ExternalLink:a,DataWrapperChart:l}=t;return l||m("DataWrapperChart",!0),a||m("ExternalLink",!0),r.createElement(r.Fragment,null,r.createElement(t.p,null,r.createElement(t.em,null,"Our")," ",r.createElement(t.em,null,r.createElement(t.strong,null,"Datapoints"))," ",r.createElement(t.em,null,"series brings you quick insights from ETO's data-driven tools and visualizations. This is the first post in the series.")),"\n","\n",r.createElement(t.p,null,"By many accounts, Singapore is a hotspot for Chinese tech companies looking to hire, invest, and conduct R&D. In the late 2010s, big names in China's AI sector set up major outposts in the nation-state, including ",r.createElement(a,{href:"https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/28/alibaba-sets-up-joint-a-i-research-lab-in-singapore.html"},"Alibaba"),", ",r.createElement(a,{href:"https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201904/25/WS5cc11fa0a3104842260b849f.html"},"Huawei"),", and ",r.createElement(a,{href:"https://www.telecomreviewasia.com/index.php/news/technology-news/897-chinese-ai-firm-launches-its-first-international-office-in-singapore"},"Yitu"),'. "Some of China\'s biggest technology firms are expanding operations in Singapore as tensions rise between Washington and Beijing," ',r.createElement(a,{href:"https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54172703"},"the BBC reported in 2020"),". More recently, CSET ",r.createElement(a,{href:"https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/chinese-ai-investment-and-commercial-activity-in-southeast-asia/"},"analyses")," ",r.createElement(a,{href:"https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/examining-singapores-ai-progress/"},"documented")," strong ties between China and Singapore in AI investment, research, and related domains."),"\n",r.createElement(t.p,null,"We wondered whether we could detect similar trends with ",r.createElement(a,{href:"https://eto.tech/tools/"},"ETO tools"),", especially in the fast-growing field of AI. With so much Chinese activity in Singapore's AI sector - much of it ",r.createElement(a,{href:"https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201904/25/WS5cc11fa0a3104842260b849f.html"},"focused")," ",r.createElement(a,{href:"https://www.nus.edu.sg/newshub/news/2019/2019-08/2019-08-01/AI-st-pC2-1aug.pdf"},"specifically")," on joint R&D - we might expect rising collaboration between Chinese and Singaporean researchers. (For example, a Chinese company with a new local office might ",r.createElement(a,{href:"https://web.archive.org/web/20191220164224/http://openaccess.thecvf.com/content_ICCV_2019/papers/Chen_Drop_an_Octave_Reducing_Spatial_Redundancy_in_Convolutional_Neural_Networks_ICCV_2019_paper.pdf"},"partner with a Singaporean university"),", or with a startup from Singapore's own ",r.createElement(a,{href:"https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/examining-singapores-ai-progress/"},"active AI sector"),".) Is that happening?"),"\n","\n",r.createElement(t.p,null,"To find out, let's turn to the cross-border tables in ETO's ",r.createElement(a,{href:"https://cat.eto.tech/"},"Country Activity Tracker"),', which make it easy to track AI research collaboration between authors in any countries you like. Add China and Singapore, then open the "Country co-authorship" tab to ',r.createElement(a,{href:"https://cat.eto.tech/?countries=Singapore%2CChina+%28mainland%29&countryGroups=&expanded=Country-co-authorship"},"view the results"),":"),"\n",r.createElement("figure",null,r.createElement("img",{src:i,alt:'Screen capture of the Country Activity Tracker tool. The user selects China and Singapore, then opens the "Country co-authorship" tab.'})),"\n",r.createElement(t.p,null,"The key points: China is Singapore's largest collaborator in AI research, with over 10,000 collaborative AI articles released since 2010 - almost twice as many as the next contender (the United States). And Singapore itself is China's #5 AI collaborator - not bad for a country of only 5 million!"),"\n",r.createElement("figure",null,r.createElement("img",{src:s,alt:"Static screen capture of the Country Activity Tracker tool, illustrating figures discussed in the text of the blog post."})),"\n",r.createElement(t.p,null,"What really interests us, though, is how this relationship may have changed over time. Click on Singapore's row in the collaboration table to pop out a graph showing recent trends:"),"\n",r.createElement("figure",null,r.createElement("img",{src:c,alt:"Screen capture of the Country Activity Tracker tool. The user opens a graph showing Singapore's collaboration with other countries over time."})),"\n",r.createElement(t.p,null,"Below, we've isolated data from this chart for Singapore's top four AI research collaborators (China, the US, Australia, and the UK) since 2016. Two trends stand out. First, Singapore-China collaboration is way up, increasing some 120% between 2016 and 2021. Second, Singapore-China collaboration is rising faster than Singapore's collaboration with the other nations. In fact, Singapore-US collaboration looks like it may have leveled off around 2020."),"\n",r.createElement(l,{href:"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/g8fpH/embed.js?v=4",width:"708"}),"\n",r.createElement(t.p,null,"Next week, we'll see how Singapore compares to similar countries in its AI collaboration with China. 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