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A | 8月26日讯拜仁主帅孔帕尼接受采访，谈及该队新赛季的规划等话题。问：孔帕尼教练，你将迎来执教拜仁的第三个赛季，你是否已经把巴伐利亚皮裤融入自己的穿搭、放到衣柜之中？答：我确实已经有好几条皮裤了。不光是我，我的家人、孩子们也都慢慢习惯了，这是巴伐利亚当地一项很棒的传统，我们很乐意入乡随俗。问：过去两年你率队取得了十分辉煌的成绩。展望新赛季，你作何规划？球队还有哪些方面能够做出改变、实现更进一步？答：我们必须提前认清一点：拜仁不能安于现状，反而要做得更多，维持住球队的斗志与求胜欲。即便外界会觉得我们或许会有所松懈，这种想法反而会给予我们充足动力，促使我们全力以赴，争取拿下所有荣誉。问：那所谓做得更多，具体要如何落实？哪些环节需要进一步提升？答：当然我们始终还有大量可以优化的地方。上个赛季球队创下诸多纪录，这不代表我们只需复刻过往成绩，我们面前依旧还有许多目标等待实现。

The Pentagon, headquarters for the United States Department of War, is seen on August 13, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. Photo: VCG
The US Department of War has ordered 30 US universities to review their research, financial and academic ties with foreign entities of concern, including Chinese institutions and organizations linked to former Confucius Institutes, warning that failure to comply could jeopardize their eligibility for future federal research funding.
This move marks the latest step in US' efforts to tighten academic cooperation with China, extending Cold War-style thinking into scientific research. Curtailing academic exchanges would ultimately undermine US' own research and innovation capacity, creating a self-imposed bottleneck for technological development, said a Chinese expert.
In a statement on Monday, the department said that it had formally notified the universities to conduct "immediate and comprehensive" audits of their foreign collaborations as part of a broader effort to tighten research security and prevent what it described as "unauthorized technology transfers, intellectual property theft and adversarial exploitation."
The reviews will cover active ties with foreign institutions identified under Section 1286 of the FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act, as well as organizations associated with rebranded Confucius Institutes. The institutions must report their findings and any actions taken to the department by August 31.
This move marks another step in Washington's push to tighten its "research security" agenda and shield US academia from perceived "foreign influence," as the federal government increasingly intervenes in universities' research partnerships, Zhu Ying, a professor at the Baize Institute at the Southwest University of Political Science and Law, told the Global Times on Tuesday.
By stretching the concept of national security, constraining academic freedom and politicizing scientific cooperation, Washington is turning research ties into a tool of strategic competition with China, said Zhu.
On July 23, the Department of War released its FY2025 update to the Section 1286 list, identifying 130 academic and research institutions in China, Russia and Iran that it claimed engaged in "problematic activities" and pose risks to US-funded research. The department urged US researchers, universities and industry partners to exercise strict caution when collaborating with, sharing data with or providing funding to institutions on the list.
Of the academic and research institutions on the list, more than 80 are based in China.
Zhu noted that the list continues to expand, covering more institutions and academic fields. The policies are putting growing pressure on US universities, threatening some joint projects and constraining decisions on research teams, funding and international exchanges. Moreover, these measures reflect a clear anti-China bias and risks creating discriminatory barriers.
The Pentagon's statement on Monday claimed that to maintain eligibility for future federal research funding, the notified universities must complete a comprehensive audit of all identified foreign collaborations, assess the exposure of sensitive or export-controlled research, and implement strict mitigation plans, including the termination of problematic partnerships.
The Pentagon did not release the names of the 30 universities. However, a Fox News report on Monday cited a US official as identifying the schools subject to the audit, including Georgetown University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California, San Diego, the University of Texas at Austin, Emory University and Harvard University, among others.
Weng Dongdong, who is a professor in virtual reality technology at Beijing Institute of Technology, an institution included on the 1286 List, noted that his university's collaborative ties with US partners have been terminated on multiple occasions, and such partnerships have become extremely scarce ever since the Department of War added it to the list. Cutting academic exchanges under the guise of national security has dealt a blow to normal academic interactions.
A Florida based university professor told the Global Times that as China and the US compete across multiple fronts, Washington, facing growing pressure as China catches up, is increasingly responding with restrictions and pushback.
But Chinese students and scholars are a vital part of US' scientific research workforce. Backed by strong foundational training, they have made significant contributions in STEM fields. If the US imposes stringent restrictions on recruiting Chinese students for China-US research partnerships, its own research capacity could suffer considerable damage, said the professor.
Zhu also noted that the US' continued tightening of reviews of university-level research cooperation in recent years stems from growing self-doubt and mounting anxiety as China's technological catch-up has outpaced US expectations.
The latest move extends Cold War-era thinking into scientific research and has already had a chilling effect on academic exchanges. In the long run, tying cooperation with China to broadly defined "China-related risks" will undermine US' own research openness and innovation capacity, pushing the country toward a self-imposed technological bottleneck, said Zhu.
If the trend continues, a "new Cold War" in scientific research could emerge among China, the US and other major technological powers. Such fragmentation would squander global resources and impede scientific progress, said the expert.
。这不单单局限于单个赛季，我希望球队可以在一段周期之内斩获多项锦标，这就是我们的目标。问：球队迎来两笔重磅新援，布朗与赛巴里，布朗在周六德国超级杯出任十号位，并且完成破门，他会成为你前场常用的轮换人选吗？答：卡尔、格纳布里以及穆西亚拉目前都无法出战，赛巴里还处在伤愈恢复期。

B | 我们会根据队内现有人员，考量哪些球员可以胜任对应位置、适配不同比赛。莱默尔、比朔夫本也可以临时踢该位置。

C | 他们都有更适配自身的最佳位置，但他们熟悉球队战术流程，在这类局面下同样可以提供帮助。布朗具备在两条防线之间活动的能力，时刻能够制造门前威胁，这些特质对于这个位置而言十分宝贵，他可以在该位置持续为球队带来助力，但他并非唯一人选。问：哈里·凯恩在上周凭借上赛季的进球表现斩获欧洲金靴，他在你的球队当中占据怎样的地位？答：他是绝对的领袖球员，十分懂得保持求胜的渴望。他二十多岁的时候，或许无比渴望能够收获各项冠军；步入三十岁之后，他清楚当自己仍有机会、身处一支优秀俱乐部时，要竭尽全力去争取一切可以拿到的奖杯。

D | 因此他的榜样作用至关重要，我也会充分发挥这一点，让整支队伍都感受到这份力量。问：最后我们来聊聊即将到来的联赛，首轮对阵斯图加特，对手打法侵略性十足、球风果敢，这场比赛是否会成为对球队成色的一次严峻考验与实力检验？答：赛程安排本身就是如此。我们赛季初战对阵多特蒙德，接下来主场迎战斯图加特，对手都是很有实力的球队。斯图加特拥有德国国内最顶尖的教练之一塞巴斯蒂安·赫内斯，这位教练长期执掌球队，一步步把队伍打磨成型。