Recent media reports indicate the U.S. is quickly losing its
place as the top destination for global talent. Economically vital
areas such as California's Silicon Valley, the heart of
America's IT industry, report a growing "brain drain"
of skilled talent outside of the United States.1
Organizations like the American Management Association have
reported that on average, approximately 200,000 foreign-born
Americans return to their nations of origin every year, this brain
drain "stimulated in part by lucrative government incentives,
has spawned flourishing new scientific havens from South Asia to
Scandinavia."2
One country that has actively encouraged both global and the
return of native-born expatriate talent is China. Since 2010, the
Chinese government has fostered a program called the Thousand
Talents Plan that has succeeded in attracting top researchers,
especially in the STEM fields, to relocate to China. While China
has recently ordered its officials to quiet any
