Study: China is struggling to attract foreign AI talent; for every 30 Chinese AI researchers in the US in 2025, only one in China made the opposite journey
THE SO WHAT
The AI talent gradient is still running toward the US and away from China — a 30:1 flow ratio means Western labs and startups can assume continued access to top Chinese-born researchers for the next cycle. For operators, this keeps US/EU as the default geography for frontier research hubs and raises the bar for any “China as R&D center” strategy.
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