“We used to rank No. 1 in the world in research and development, now we rank No. 9. China used to rank No. 8, now it ranks No. 2.”
Joe Biden
president. a speech in Baltimore. Claim dated 30 Jan 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
His broader point that China has been closing the research gap is valid, but the rankings he offered don’t specifically match those from widely cited sources.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (president) made this claim around 30 January 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 February 2023, 14 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
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