[alephnerd]

Fair point!

I guess my question is whether statistically speaking a MS Research Beijing caliber researcher in 2024 (or 2019) would prefer to work abroad in Bellevue or prefer to stay in China.

This is an open question and I'm not sure we'd have the granular level of data needed to test either hypothesis for at least a decade.

All I can use is anecdotal information, but that of course has biases.

[seanmcdirmid]

2019 they preferred to stay in China. 2024, I think the pendulum swung back again given COVID zero's fall out, but who knows how long that lasts.