Despite a pledge from President Xi Jinping late last year that China would “exhaust all means” to recruit innovative professionals from around the world, implementing the edict has hit a few roadblocks.
China’s fraught relationship with the United States, its strict immigration policy and stringent coronavirus-control measures have blocked foreign talent’s path to the world’s second-largest economy.
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