[mkii]

> Both the US and China have made it much harder to leave China and enter the US now.

Which policies do you think create this?

It could be entirely probable the Chinese just don't find it attractive to live and work in the US after getting their college degrees here.

[alephnerd]

On the US side, we're still enforcing EO 10043 [0] which prevents Chinese nationals who studied at any Chinese university part of the Chinese Civil-Military Fusion strategy from getting F- and J- visas, and requires enhanced background checks on other visa categories.

Turns out, just about every Chinese STEM program will get a military grant, the same way just about every American STEM program will get a DoD grant.

On the Chinese side, they put a cap of $50,000 on money or assets you can bring outside of China each year [1]. Tuition is included in that cap. That means most American universities are out of reach for Chinese students, and immigrating from China to the US with your entire family is a pain (you need some money to land on your feet).

Also, during 2019-2022 there was this small policy called Zero COVID that severely restricted ingress and egress.

Also, US Consulates and Embassies paused visa processing for almost 2 years during the pandemic.

[0] - https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/06/04/2020-12...

[1] - https://www.safe.gov.cn/en/2017/1230/1391.html