[M3L0NM4N]

Depends pretty heavily on the destination of the export, i.e. not China.

[mattnewton]

not sure I understand, I read a lot of research papers from China.

[sailfast]

My read: China is seen as a serious geopolitical rival that the United States must beat in a shooting or Cold or AI or <insert here> war. As a result PHDs to China as an export would be a negative impact, not a positive one potentially.

[kragen]

Yeah, I read a lot of research papers from China too.