Chinese execs flooding into the U.S.

Jul 22, 2016News

 

Thousands of Chinese executives have been moving to the U.S. to work for formerly American companies bought by Chinese firms.

“We’ve seen a huge surge,” Bernard Wolfsdorf, founder and managing partner of a U.S.-based immigration law firm, told CNN. “Chinese companies are investing very heavily in America, and [they are] bringing in key executives and employees.”

CNNMoney analysis found that the U.S. granted 10,258 L-series visas to Chinese workers and their family members in 2015, more than four times the number approved in 2005.

America is generally a more pleasant place to live than China, and so it’s not surprising that s0 many Chinese executives would want to move to the U.S., at  least for a while. But the Chinese government may also like the idea because it provides more opportunity for industrial espionage.

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