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by NooneAtAll3 32 days ago
> which is then commercialized by Chinese companies

here lies hidden assumption that host country is better at commercializing its education results than origin country at onshoring

try substituting Nauru (tiny island nation) in that sentence and ask yourself a question - is it more likely for (hypothetical) "graduates of Nauru University" to find work on tiny island - or to fly home with newly learned skills?

when you aren't in adversarial position, "any chance is worth it". As soon as you start thinking "us vs them" - details and assumptions start to matter and math may point in the other direction