The US's scientific programs are only sustained by poaching the best and brightest from around the world, and the opportunities for long-term residency and citizenship in the US is certainly part of that draw. China's domestic science base is more than competitive with the US, and would agree that reforms to immigration would shift the balance further in their favor.
the US immigration system is such a shit show it's hard to argue it's a positive draw but people are willing to put up with it because the pay in the US is so much better than anywhere else. Look no further than people immigrating to Canada first so they can get on a visa that's less painful while they wait in line for a decade to get a green card.
Not only is the pay better, but everywhere else research is so underfunded that the US economy, engorged by imperial extraction is one of the places where the best equipment/teams are. So if you want to be among the best of your field, you're pretty much forced to go to the US
The US's scientific programs are only sustained by poaching the best and brightest from around the world, and the opportunities for long-term residency and citizenship in the US is certainly part of that draw. China's domestic science base is more than competitive with the US, and would agree that reforms to immigration would shift the balance further in their favor.
the US immigration system is such a shit show it's hard to argue it's a positive draw but people are willing to put up with it because the pay in the US is so much better than anywhere else. Look no further than people immigrating to Canada first so they can get on a visa that's less painful while they wait in line for a decade to get a green card.
Not only is the pay better, but everywhere else research is so underfunded that the US economy, engorged by imperial extraction is one of the places where the best equipment/teams are. So if you want to be among the best of your field, you're pretty much forced to go to the US
no longer true even at top tier universities.