Return chines emigration from the USA: lessons for Russia
https://doi.org/10.21686/2410-7395-2022-3-24-38
Abstract
The article analyzes the factors, driving forces, directions and socio-economic consequences of return migration from the United States to China. Author consider this process in the context of the global shifts taking place in the modern world. The author formulates theoretical and methodological approaches that make it possible to analyze modern migration through the prism of the geopolitical and socio-economic dynamics of the modern world. This contextual approach allows a deeper understanding of the reasons for the intensification of the process of returning Chinese highly qualified specialists from the United States to their homeland.
In terms when the current version of globalization has exhausted the possibilities for further development, the struggle for talents, qualified personnel capable of making a significant contribution to turning the country into a technological leader in emerging economic and technological zones, becomes an integral part of the battle for dominance in the new post-global world. Author explore the factors and consequences of modern migration processes for the United States and China, evaluate the steps taken by the Chinese leadership to return their compatriots employed in the high-tech sectors of the American economy to their homeland and their consequences for the United States. Author then conclude that it is necessary to study this experience in a comprehensive manner in order to apply it in Russia.
Supporting agencies: The reported study was funded by RFBR, project number 20-014-00001 А “Global and Regional Effects of US Economic Policy in the second -the beginning of the third decade of the XXI century: New Challenges and Chances for Russia”.
About the Author
E. S. Sadovaya
Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena S. Sadovaya, PhD, Assistant Professor, Head of Department
23, Profsoyuznaya Street, Moscow, 117997
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Sadovaya E.S. Return chines emigration from the USA: lessons for Russia. International Trade and Trade Policy. 2022;8(3):24-38. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21686/2410-7395-2022-3-24-38
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