Research and Development (R&D) is a major profit center for the top universities in the United States. Besides the nearly $100 billion they earn in grants from the US government and private sources, university-based researchers create patents and inventions that generate many more billions annually.

China is the largest foreign source of scientists and researchers, and they are concentrated in the hard sciences and in engineering, where over 95% of R&D spending takes place. But since 2018, Chinese scientists are increasingly deciding to return to China to set up new research departments. Of those who are still in the US, over 60% admit they are strongly considering moving, and over half now refuse to work on projects that involve funding by US government sources.

To American universities, the loss of these scientists, along with future contributions to scientific research and commercial applications and market value, are incalculable. But losses probably already exceed a trillion dollars, given the departures of so many top scientists in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, medicine, biochemistry, materials science, nanotechnology, and quantum computing.

Resources and links:

More Chinese Students Are Staying in China to Study
https://erudera.com/news/more-....chinese-students-are

Surge in Chinese Scientists Leaving US for Home Institutions
https://erudera.com/news/surge....-in-chinese-scientis

Caught in the crossfire: Fears of Chinese–American scientists
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2216248120

Scientists of Chinese descent leaving the US at an accelerating pace
https://www.chemistryworld.com..../news/scientists-of-

Reverse Brain Drain? Exploring Trends among Chinese Scientists in the U.S.
https://sccei.fsi.stanford.edu..../china-briefs/revers

Resources on the Patent Revenue Budget Model
https://financeandbusiness.ucd....avis.edu/bia/budget/

R&D Expenditures at U.S. Universities Increased by $8 Billion in FY 2022
https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf24307

South China Morning Post, Nanotech pioneer Wang Zhonglin leaves US to work in China ‘full time’
https://www.scmp.com/news/chin....a/science/article/32

SCMP, The Chinese scientists leaving top US universities to take up high-profile roles in China, boosting Beijing in its race for global talent
https://www.scmp.com/news/chin....a/science/article/32

Closing scene, Suzhou, Jiangsu

On September 12, 1977, the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa was dealt a heavy blow due to the death of Bantu Steve Biko, a popular voice of Black liberation in South Africa between the mid 1960s until his death in police detention in 1977.

Biko was one of the most prominent leaders in the anti-apartheid struggle and in some quarters he was seen as “the most important black South African leader of this generation.” So important, in fact, that the Apartheid Government was terrified of him.

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Sources:

Steve Biko: I WRITE WHAT I LIKE

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steve-Biko

https://www.thoughtco.com/step....hen-bantu-steve-biko

https://www.sahistory.org.za/p....eople/stephen-bantu-

https://daily.jstor.org/the-de....ath-of-steve-biko-re

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africa....atlse/2021/08/19/ste

https://www.history.com/this-d....ay-in-history/afrika

https://artsandculture.google.....com/story/-wWBQm1-1Q

https://www.sbf.org.za/home/steve-biko/

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Arid Foothills - The Dark Contenent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/r....oyalty-free/index.ht
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Artifact - The Dark Contenent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100324
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Meditation Impromptu 03 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100161
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

John Stockton Slow Drag by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/uvp/
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

Silent Partner: The Rain

Allegro: Emit Fenn

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⁣⁣https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SaotjBnWpg
Former EFF MP and human rights activist, Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala, has officially joined the MK Party. Speaking on women’s role in politics, she stresses the need to tackle self-hate and patriarchy, pointing out that only three women have held presidential positions in Africa, signaling that much more work is needed to achieve gender equality in leadership.
⁣https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SaotjBnWpg


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