Improving Sino-Western coordination on global catastrophic risks and other key problems

Abstract

China is becoming increasingly important in the solution of global problems such as biosecurity, factory farming, and nuclear security, but few in the effective altruism community know much about the country. This suggests that a high-impact career path could be to develop expertise in the intersection between China, effective altruism, and pressing global issues. This could involve research, government policy work, advising Western groups on how to work with Chinese counterparts, and other projects. We have added “China specialists” to the list of priority career paths we’re preparing to publish. We think it’s an option especially worth considering if you’re aligned with the effective altruism community, have an interest in China, and are relatively good at humanities compared to quantitative skills. – AI-generated abstract.