For start, killing data scientists seems like the most wasteful operation ever, they are basically Python users. Like killing a krill in the ocean and thinking you are changing sh*t. It if was a Fortran or Cobol boomer expert, the two or three left in the world. In charge of some ancient code for nuclear weapon design. I would said, yeah that would do some damage.
Yes, this is not accidental. Taiwanese, American, European, or Japanese intelligence agencies are engaging in their usual genocidal & murderous foul play.
It seems wasteful and way too risky (full blown war) to kill two or three random scientists without any goal mind, all the scientist on the post are random guys unrelated to each other. That is not going to go do much to stop the development in any field.
When Israel kills Iranians nuclear scientists (you see, related field) they don't only kill the nuclear scientist they kill their replacement and for good measure they kill their family including his children and pregnant wife for the fear factor (that is how the Israelis operate, they don't even see Muslims as humans). And even that has not stopped the Iranians.
Now if makes you feel better, random US scientist are dying in "mysterious" ways. Uhhhh, creepy, I know. So you can argue the China is killing US scientists for no reason or goal at all, except revenge. What proof I have? absolutely none.
