Here’s why that spells bad news for Washington.

Facing an increasingly suspicious research climate, a growing number of Chinese scientists are leaving the United States for positions abroad, the latest indicator of how worsening U.S.-China relations are complicating academic collaboration and could hamstring Washington’s tech ambitions.

  • @nednobbins
    2•1 year ago

    I think it’s primarily two things.

    China now graduates almost twice as many STEM PhDs as the US does. A lot of people move after their PhD but they tend to stay in country.

    I also think, anecdotally, that new PhDs have a harder time finding a job here.

    Overall China just seems to make more effort to attract scientists. They promise, and deliver, the two things scientists care about, funding and academic freedom.