State-backed Chinese technology firms are intensifying efforts to recruit Western engineers, offering salaries up to three times their current pay
The strategy, which targets critical industries like artificial intelligence and semiconductors, is sparking debates over fairness, security, and the evolving dynamics of global competition—but it mirrors what the U.S. has been doing for decades, leaving Europe, India, and Israel with little startup success, if at all, as their top talent is consistently drawn to American money.