Top Chinese scientists at US companies and universities are resigning their posts and returning to China. According to the Wall Street Journal, 40% of faculty of Chinese descent are also strongly considering a return.

This is after decades of work at the top universities and companies in the United States, and even includes naturalized citizens with American children. In interviews, they point to US government persecution, anti-Asian racism, and better career and economic prospects in China. What's more, Chinese universities have eclipsed top US unis in terms of research, and Chinese students are opting instead to finish graduate studies in Chinese universities, rather than abroad.

Resources and links:

Chinese students stay local as favour falls with study abroad
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02162-y

Brookings, How America lost the heart of China’s top talent
https://www.brookings.edu/arti....cles/how-america-los

Wall Street Journal, U.S.-China Tensions Fuel Outflow of Chinese Scientists From U.S. Universities
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u....-s-china-tensions-fu

Inside China Business, YouTube: Top Microsoft executives left to start a new AI company in China. Why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydjndvdxHcI

Shanghai AI start-up founded by ex-Microsoft engineers bets on ‘scaling law’ to boost AI capabilities
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech....-trends/article/3267

India surpasses China as top source of international graduate students in US: Open Doors Report
https://indianexpress.com/arti....cle/education/study-

AP, As economy falters, more Chinese migrants take a perilous journey to the US border to seek asylum
https://apnews.com/article/chi....nese-emigration-us-m

CBS, Chinese migrants are the fastest growing group crossing from Mexico into U.S. at southern border
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/c....hinese-migrants-fast

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Toxic waste 'major global threat'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie....nce-environment-2499


More than 200 million people around the world are at risk of exposure to toxic waste, a report has concluded.

The authors say the large number of people at risk places toxic waste in a similar league to public health threats such as malaria and tuberculosis.

The study from the Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross calls for greater efforts to be made to control the problem.

The study carried out in more than 3,000 sites in over 49 countries.

"It's a serious public health issue that hasn't really been quantified," Dr Jack Caravanos, director of research at the Blacksmith Institute and professor of public health at the City University of New York told the BBC's Tamil Service.

The study identified the Agbobloshie dumping yard in Ghana's capital Accra as the place which poses the highest toxic threat to human life.

The researchers say that the report has not been hidden from governments, and they are all aware of the issue.

Agbobloshie has become a global e-waste dumping yard, causing serious environmental and health issues Dr Caravanos explained.

The study says that "a range of recovery activities takes place in Agbobloshie, each presenting unique occupational and ecological risks".

As the second largest e-waste processing area in West Africa, Ghana annually imports around 215,000 tonnes of second hand consumer electronics from abroad, particularly from Western Europe, and generates another 129,000 tons of e-waste every year.

The study warns that that Ghana's e-waste imports will double by 2020.

At the Agbobloshie site, the study found the presence of lead in soil at very high levels, posing serious potential health and environment hazards to more than 250,000 people in the vicinity.

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World's Worst Polluted Places:


- Agbogbloshie, Ghana
- Chernobyl, Ukraine
- Citarum River, Indonesia
- Dzershinsk, Russia
- Hazaribagh, Bangladesh
- Kabwe, Zambia
- Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Matanza Riachuelo, Argentina
- Niger River Delta, Nigeria
- Norilsk, Russia

(Source: Blacksmith Institute/Green Cross)