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With an interest in studying abroad rebounding after the pandemic, there are signs that the decades-long run that has sent an estimated 3 million Chinese students to the U.S., including many of the country’s brightest, could be trending down, as geopolitical shifts redefine U.S.-China relations.
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Aw said the decrease is more notable in U.S. undergraduate programs, which she attributed to a declining population in China from low birthrates, bitter U.S.-China relations, more regional choices for Chinese families and the high costs of a U.S. education.
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Andrew Chen, chief executive officer of Pittsburgh-based WholeRen Education, which has advised Chinese students in the U.S. for the past 14 years, said the downward trend is here to stay.
“This is not a periodic wave,” he said. “This is a new era.” The Chinese government has sidelined English education, hyped gun violence in the U.S., and portrayed the U.S. as a declining power. As a result, Chen said, Chinese families are hesitant to send their children to the U.S.
Right after Tiananmen Square massacre, someone proposed that all Chinese students living in the US be offered a fast track to citizenship. Naturally, freedom loving Americans quashed that idea instantly. The US had an easy chance to grab up a bunch of smart people and deny them to China.
We don’t do that when they aren’t Nazis.
Tbh the US is drawing smart people from all over the world there all the time. It’s the destination for professionals or people who want to (and can) get a really nice name on their diploma. Quite a few of those people end up staying
These days freedom loving Americans hate on college students in general
“These days” being any year after the Freedom Riders…