We can't afford scientist in Europe anymore, we have pensions to pay.

I suppose China does not need american scientist to work in China. They just need to make sure they can't work in the US. Which they are doing.

The only "funny" outcome is that they manage to fund a startup that develops tools to alleviate climate change, and explicitly reserve them to countries and states that believed in climate change in the first place.

But that would be mean. So, of course Florida can have it. It will just be slightly expensive for them.