Abstract/Sommario: Students going overseas to study are getting increasingly younger. Altri articoli: Studying Abroad; Welcome Home; Scamming the Youth Abroad. In the 130-year history of Chinese studying abroad, the current surge began in the late 1970s when the nation reopened its doors to the outside world after decades of isolation. In the modern era of globalization there is an increasing demand for talented individuals returning to China with international skills and experience. More noticeably, tod ...; [Leggi tutto...]
Students going overseas to study are getting increasingly younger. Altri articoli: Studying Abroad; Welcome Home; Scamming the Youth Abroad. In the 130-year history of Chinese studying abroad, the current surge began in the late 1970s when the nation reopened its doors to the outside world after decades of isolation. In the modern era of globalization there is an increasing demand for talented individuals returning to China with international skills and experience. More noticeably, today’s Chinese students abroad are younger than their predecessors, mostly fresh university graduates as well as a growing number of teenagers. Despite a debate on this phenomenon heating up at home, queues at foreign embassies and consulates throughout China for studying visas are getting longer