We'll see, I wouldn't personally be against doing a stint of my career in China if the conditions are decent. Right now however, I feel like I'd be at the mercy

We'll see, I wouldn't personally be against doing a stint of my career in China if the conditions are decent. Right now however, I feel like I'd be at the mercy of some geopolitical game, being Canadian living in the US. The lack of due process for an average joe like me who'd otherwise be curious to experience the culture, seems like a real deterrent. I'm probably not the only one who's feeling uneasy about possibly being a pawn in someone's political games. Hence where I derive my strong doubts about attracting foreign talent. If an open minded and willing person like me has strong doubts about his and his family's safety should he go there... it seems like Occam's Razor to me (or perhaps it's another razor?). It's most likely that my experience isn't unique and that other folks are also deterred in a similar fashion.