Some Chinese scholars who had previously studied in the United States were surprised to find that the number of scholars currently researching China in American universities had significantly decreased. In this video, one scholar seemed to provide a reason. Professor Christensen from Columbia University: "One of our concerns was that the people who did do China's foreign relations and international relations were increasingly going into think tanks and consultancies...the problem was there was an increasing demand in the classroom for professors who taught the next generation of global citizens about the importance of China's rise and its place in the world..." If this is a widespread situation in the US, it might explain why some of the current US policies towards China appear unrealistic and even incomprehensible from a Chinese perspective. The U.S.'s understanding of China lags far behind China's understanding of the US. However, it must also be acknowledged that after three years of the pandemic, Chinese people's understanding of the US needs to be updated as well.