The movement of highly skilled workers across borders is becoming commonplace in the world's developing nations, including those in East Asia. Back in the days of martial law and the KMT-CPC standoff, highly educated young Taiwanese used study in the US as a springboard to working and establishing families there.
對於包括東亞國家在內的各開發中國家而言，高階人才的國際移動向為常事。尤其台灣早年戒嚴、國共對立時期，菁英青年以留學美國為踏板，學成後往往滯美成家立業。