[sonnyblarney]

The opposite: 'mobility' is the fundamental reason people leave their home country (China) to have a significantly better standard of living - which they do have.

Mobility problems are mostly for Americans, not for ex-pats.

Geopolitics is a little important, but for most people, it's about their job, their opportunity.

It's troublesome because 99% of US companies and Chinese ex-pats just want to do work and are getting caught up in geopolitics.

But to be fair: this is a real problem. Espionage, influence, interference is a thing. Here in Canada, the Chinese gov. is directly influential in student activities etc. - at Ryerson in Toronto, a young Tibetan woman was elected head of the student union and it met with fierce and organized resistance from Chinese students, supported by tentacles of the state. As a small example.

That said it'd be nice if there were better ways past this problem, because it's not a problem for most of us!