Why the US is losing Chinese AI stars

The FT argues that visa restrictions, geopolitical vetting, and China's growing domestic AI ecosystem are pushing Chinese AI researchers to return home or stay put. The piece cites several high-profile departures but doesn't provide systematic inflow-outflow data—so the trend is real, but the scale is hard to pin down from this article alone.

Why it matters: FT captures a real trend — visa restrictions plus a maturing domestic ecosystem are pushing and pulling Chinese AI talent. The headline hooks, the topic resonates. The K-axis is the weak spot: the piece names individual departures but offers no systematic flow data, so the tre...