China’s talent war tussle as red tape, US tensions shrink labour pool amid ‘people decoupling’

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.