Beijing created a K‑visa that lets foreign STEM graduates enter and stay without a local employer sponsor, aiming to feed its tech industries. The launch triggered online backlash over jobs and fraud risks, revealing the political costs of opening high‑skill immigration amid a weak labor market.
— It shows non‑Western states are now competing for global talent and must balance innovation goals with domestic employment anxieties.
2025.12.01
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Both items link immigration‑policy design to political and economic competition for high‑skill migrants: the City Journal note stresses how H‑1B rules and tariff policy can swing Indian‑American partisan allegiance, which parallels the existing idea about states reshaping STEM visa regimes to attract or repel talent and the political consequences that follow.
msmash
2025.10.01
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The article reports China’s K‑visa rollout (no employer backing, flexible entry/duration) and the ensuing Weibo backlash about labor‑market strain and possible fraudulent applications.
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