3.5 million Chinese students studied abroad from 1978 to 2014, according to the “2015 Chinese Returnees Development Report,” released by the Center for China and Globalization. In 2014 alone, 450,000 Chinese students studied abroad.
Out of the 3.5 million, 1.8 million Chinese students have returned back to China, accounting for 51.4%. The number of returnees has increased in recent years. In 2012, 186,200 students returned from studying abroad, 272,900 returned in 2013, and 353,500 returned in 2013. It is expected that more than 500,000 will return in 2015.
50% of overseas returnees said that their time spent studying abroad was worthwhile. 20% said that it was not worthwhile, and the remainder chose not to say.
Returned students were asked how long it will take them to recover costs spend studying abroad. Answers were varied: 7.2% said one year, 22.5% said one to three years, 35.9% said three to five years, and 10.3% said more than 10 years.
36.1% of returnees found work at domestic private companies, 26.7% work for foreign companies, 13.5% work for state-owned enterprises, and 8.9% work for government institutions.
Returnees believe that the biggest advantage of studying abroad is gaining language and communication skills. The biggest disadvantage is lack of a network upon one’s return to China.
Source: thepaper.cn
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Even the students who can't go abroad, they don't socialize with the foreign students who are coming to China. Cultural exchange is available, though limited, in China but people need to take the opportunity to engage rather than just distance themselves through technological means. "I wonder what that Turkish student in my class thinks of China?" let me search Baidu for the answer. Or "Do you have weixin/Wechat? let me add you" and they never speak even though the international person sends repeated greetings/ invitations throughout the year. At my job I'm surrounded by young girls who have never been outside of China but can speak decent English. They give no effort and in some cases completely reject the chance to learn about different cultures. This is a shocking revelation since they work in an English school!
Oct 20, 2015 08:44 Report Abuse
Hilarious. Only 50% said studying abroad was worthwhile; I seem to recall hoards of Chinese students in my university's dining hall that would only befriend Chinese students, eat Chinese food, and study in the library every day for countless hours. What a way for them to experience American culture. Although this isn't true of all Chinese students studying abroad, most just limit themselves to spending time with other Chinese classmates and miss the whole point of going abroad. Then they come back to China without a grasp of foreign culture and without the "network" they so heavily rely on upon return. What a shame they couldn't create guanxi in their study abroad country! The thousand year old tradition of inequality!
Oct 20, 2015 06:45 Report Abuse
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