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Can a country control a family’s travel to protect its technology?

September 30, 2026
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A Chinese researcher receives an invitation to speak at a conference. She knows that travel may require authorization. What is new is that, according to Bloomberg, her partner and children might also need permission to leave the country, even for a vacation. That changes the story considerably. We are no longer talking only about protect

A Chinese researcher receives an invitation to speak at a conference. She knows that travel may require authorization. What is new is that, according to Bloomberg, her partner and children might also need permission to leave the country, even for a vacation. That changes the story considerably. We are no longer talking only about protecting information someone carries in their head. We are talking about how much a family can decide about its own life. And that is today’s question: can a country secure its technological advantage by controlling the travel of those who create it, or does it end up weakening what it wants to protect?

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