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Still substantial student flow
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China to cut red tape for scientists applying for research funding
Scientists and researchers in China have long complained about the red tape involved in applying for grants, lengthy waits for the funding, and rigid reporting procedures after it is received.Researchers will be eligible for more housing and insurance subsidies and bigger payouts for the commercialisation of research results.
"Unlike the US system, in many Chinese universities, research funding decisions are made by a few top party cadres," said the researcher, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue. "Some aren't scientists and some don't have knowledge of the specific fields of research (they are making decisions about)."
yeah, substantial student flow back to China.
BEIJING - China's first robot for assembling building components rolled off the production line in East China's Jiangsu province, Science and Technology Daily reported Wednesday.
Developed by China Railway Science & Industry Group Co., Ltd and China Railway Construction Engineering Group, the robot is planned to be used for the construction of a metro line in Guangzhou
Equipped with 72 sensors and 50 cameras, the robot is 80 meters long, with a weight of 460 tonnes and an effective span of 69 meters. It can install beams weighing up to 120 tonnes.
A total of eight independently movable legs consisting of 32 tires allow the robot to walk more flexibly and cross obstacles.
Adopting Beidou positioning technology, the robot has a measurement accuracy of 10 millimeters, and has applied for two national invention patents, said one of the researchers.
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Yeah so the net flows are still to other countries away from China
manqiangrexue
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Have you thought about this comment before posting it? Even if 99% of Chiense students return, that's still a net loss; the best you can have is 100%=neither loss nor gain. This chart analyzes only the flow of Chinese students; it does not take into account foreigners who choose to go to or stay in China, so it is not realistically possible to avoid a net loss on this data only. I'm sure the foreigners who stay in China don't balance this, and China doesn't want them too either, but I'm just saying that your comment sounds like you haven't thought this out at all.
Anyway, the real take-way points are this:
1. Compared to the past, Chinese students are more and more happy to come home with what they've learned.
2. The outflow is in students and the return is in trained professionals. Despite some loss, this is an intended trade off for China to expand its expertise to incorporate the knowledge taught in foreign schools.
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Yeah, I thought about it. 25% stay rates at a few million students outnumber the total stock of foreign students in China.
The outflow is BS/BA students for maybe MS/PhDs later.
manqiangrexue
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First of all, where did you get 25% from? 86% return rate is 14% stay rate.
Secondly, this part that you wrote has already been addressed:
"I'm sure the foreigners who stay in China don't balance this, and China doesn't want them too either, but I'm just saying that your comment sounds like you haven't thought this out at all."
So same as what I said, the outflow is Chinese people of a lower education level and the return is Chinese people of a higher education level. For that, some loss is tolerable.