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China Clamps Down on Overseas Travel for AI Talent at Alibaba, DeepSeek

[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-26/china-expands-travel-curbs-to-top-ai-talent-at-private-firms](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-26/china-expands-travel-curbs-to-top-ai-talent-at-private-firms) Now it will be much harder to poach Chinese AI talents like the former Q

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China Clamps Down on Overseas Travel for AI Talent at Alibaba, DeepSeek
REDDIT · r/LocalLLaMA · 6h ago · ⬆ 85 · 💬 85
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Big, if true. Doesn't bode well for research / OS models out of China.

China Expands Travel Curbs to Top AI Talent at Private Firms
REDDIT · r/LocalLLaMA · 8h ago · ⬆ 24 · 💬 18
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[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-26/china-expands-travel-curbs-to-top-ai-talent-at-private-firms](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-26/china-expands-travel-curbs-to-top-ai-talent-at-private-firms) Now it will be much harder to poach Chinese AI talents like the former Q