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Scientists and engineers of Chinese descent are relinquishing their corporate positions or tenured positions at top-tier U.S. institutions such as Harvard, MIT, and Princeton at an unprecedented rate. To make matters worse, many of them are leaving for China to compete against the United States.  More than 1,400 Chinese scientists left the United States for China in 2021.

Failure has become unacceptable, and that is a tragedy. Failure provides some of the greatest lessons that each of us will ever learn. How many of us in our youth exhibited judgment that we find distasteful today? Experience is a painful teacher, but the lessons learned are invaluable. 

Politics always ranks high on the list of controversial topics. With the midterm elections just weeks away, the economy, gun policy and violent crime are the top three issues of concern to voters. In Canada, a National Post poll ahead of her 2021 federal election put the cost of living, health care costs and the post-pandemic economic recovery as the top three issues. These lists reflect the differences and similarities between the two countries. 

“Shark Tank,” the popular prime-time ABC network business reality program, started its 14th season Sept. 23 with a new twist: It was broadcast with a live audience. The results of this change were highly vocal spectators much like what you would find at a professional wrestling event, with the Sharks often serving as the defacto gladiators.

Would you train your workers and then squeeze them out by creating a hostile environment? Would you drive out these workers so they can go work for a competitor? The answer is obviously no. Yet this is what’s happening now in the U.S., with a rising number of U.S.-trained Chinese scientists leaving this country.