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Maybe I'm out of touch, but my understanding is that US has historically had lots of Chinese talent, but recently these researchers have been moving back to Chi
by elfbargpt 3y ago
Maybe I'm out of touch, but my understanding is that US has historically had lots of Chinese talent, but recently these researchers have been moving back to China at a higher rate because of improvements in Chinese academia, and also red tape in the United States. Didn't think there was an increasing brain drain in China, rather the opposite
- rhuru 3y agoYes, you are out of touch. US historically did not have lots of Chinese talent but USA was less Xenophobic post repeal of chinese exclusion ac and civil rights movement and as a result some Chinese people were able to move to USA. China at that time was dirt poor and had very low talent pool despite their large population. With time China did a lot better and their talent pool grew non linearly, but US immigration laws remain outdated so how many people USA could take in remained the same and post trump there was targeted harassment of Chinese origin people in USA. A lot of people are moving back to china but the primary reason is red tape and harassment by American immigration agencies.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoThat was pre-COVID. During and post COVID, the exodus is back on again. China is in a stealth recession right now with high youth unemployment, so there are still economic factors driving this.