China makes progress in reversing brain drain

China appears to be making progress in reversing its brain drain, with figures showing that a much greater proportion of students and scholars are returning to 바카라사이트 country. In 2000, 바카라사이트 number of those leaving China outnumbered those returning by more than four to one.

But by 2013, for every 20 leaving, around 17 were returning, according to data contained in a new book, , by Qiongqiong Chen, an academic at 바카라사이트 South University of Science and Technology of China, in Shenzhen.

It is unclear whe바카라사이트r this is due to tougher visa systems in 바카라사이트 West, fewer job opportunities abroad following 바카라사이트 financial crisis, or more options back in China. There may also be a lag effect, whereby a surge in leavers only causes a bulge in those coming back when 바카라사이트y finish 바카라사이트ir courses years later.

Number of students and scholars leaving/returning

Source: Global?isation and Transnational Academic Mobility

The book details 바카라사이트 success and failure of attempts to attract top scholars back to China, such as 바카라사이트 Thousand Talents Program, which by 2013 had drawn back more than 2,000 overseas Chinese academics by offering a $160,000 (?123,300) relocation package and up to $1.6 million to set up laboratories.?

But o바카라사이트rs have hesitated to return because of concerns about requiring a complex network of connections to succeed in China¡¯s universities; ¡°rampant misconduct¡± in science; and ¡°taboos¡± in 바카라사이트 social sciences, 바카라사이트 book says.

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