This shouldn't have been reported; not every country likes to see this kind of cooperation. Moreover, the situation is too complicated, and it was a last resort.
Huai'an is highly gifted, and he's a person the other side puts great effort into trying to recruit. He didn't really agree with him going out this time, but Huai'an said his research had hit a bottleneck, he was at a loss on how to proceed, and needed to broaden his perspective. Only this kind of cooperation could yield some results.
Moreover, such cooperation had been underway since last year, just starting a year early.
Of course, there were other considerations.
But the most important requirement was to keep a low profile, even lower than usual.
But now it's all been reported, and even collecting all the newspapers back would be useless.
A junior employee wouldn't dare to decide on their own.
It was the interference of the Qian family's people.