Analysts note a “slow acceleration” in Chinese researchers returning from the US this year amid tighter American visa and funding rules. China has also launched a K visa to attract foreign science and tech talent.

Several prominent Chinese figures, including top Harvard mathematician Liu Jun, award-winning computer scientist and blockchain expert Chen Jing and rising AI star Fu Tianfan, have since left the US and returned to China to take up roles in prestigious institutions in cities like Beijing, Nanjing and Shenzhen.

    • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
      281·
      2 months ago

      It’s funny to me that they rather risk random censorship than, idk, humiliatingly detained with a chance of dying. At least CCP is bad in a consistent way, Trump is just bad in a very random way.

      • bigfondue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        40·
        2 months ago

        Also, China acknowledges things like climate change, while now any mention of climate change will get your funding cut in the US.

        • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
          25·
          2 months ago

          Not only acknowledges, but actively trying to cut down emissions. They’re a growing country(that is still growing because china is crazy huge) and factory of the world, per capita of emission is significantly lower than US. American should be ashamed for letting this happen despite being a developed country, and now its actively screwing over the humanity’s future.

          • Dragomus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            2 months ago

            China learned a lesson from events 10-30 years ago, toxic smog rolling into cities and all that …

            It would have been good if the whole world had learned the same thing from their experience, but here we are.

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.caEnglish
      55·
      2 months ago

      Let’s see… choice is: “stay here, be the victim of overt racism and live life with the threat that at any moment masked men may swoop in and carry off you or your family, or be regaled as a hero and given a prestigious position at a university at the front edge of your field, with as much stability as you could ever want….

    • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      2 months ago

      Lmao imagine thinking that China doesn’t just disappear people they don’t like. China did what ICE is trying to do 30 years ago, America is still playing catch up.

  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
    29·
    2 months ago

    i wouldnt call it reverse brain drain, the problem with china is having the CCP as the govt, which they can disallow any type of research they dont like. also china has a problem innovation, instead going for reverse engineering through industrial espionage which is much easier to do then performing hypothetical research. the most useful research they done is mostly around botany/discovery, dinosaurs, because plants have a massive biodeversity in china

  • fodor@lemmy.zipEnglish
    22·
    2 months ago

    What the fuck is this headline. Say the cause already. Jesus Christ people, you can’t hide death camps from international audiences.

  • andallthat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    212·
    2 months ago

    What is drawing top comedians to Saudi, a place where you get killed for saying or writing things the ruling family doesn’t like?

    I see a trend there but I can’t quite… Wait, could it be loads of money?