> I’m not seeing any ambitious people trying to get into Chinese undergrad universities.

If you mean internationally, there are some, mostly from Africa.

This has been happening for decades.

China spends a lot of money on international Chinese education. According to some , the top schools are now Chinese.

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/06/18/...

Honestly the best thing about America, historically has been diversity. Mei can come here and become American within a few years. That’s only possible in America( and probably Canada too).

But now we don’t want international students. The world’s smartest will go elsewhere.