cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/67244
Beijing student Lulu Lu was just preparing for bed when she was startled by loud banging at her door. When she opened the door, a man pushed his way inside, shone a flashlight in her face and shouted: “Get down. Give me your phone.” Lu froze. Moments later, she came to her senses and did as she was told, burying her face in the mattress and raising her hands above her head. The intruder blindfolded Lu, tied her hands and finally made her record a phone message for her parents – begging them to…
Why do Chinese still visit US universities, when China is actually ahead in some technology fields
Look up the gaokao test (link).
Basically this is the only test that matters in your whole student career. And if you don’t do better than millions of other kids on this test, it’s easier to go to university in another country than in China. It’s technically possible to retake it but very rare.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaokao
It’s bad enough that there’s usually an increase in the number of suicides when the results are released, from students taking their own lives because they didn’t so as well as hoped.
China is the biggest exporter in the world.
Therefore, if you study in a well known US university and gather international experience, it will increase your career prospects. Also, they want to perfect their English. It’s hard for them to speak proper English, just like it’s hard for us to speak proper Chinese. It’s best learned by being exposed to it every day.
The other reply makes it sound like it’s for second rate students who fail a test. (Also this is probably a super expensive alternative to schools in China, given out of state and foreign tuition fees. I assume they come from money. )
So which is it?
Because before Trump started his second term, it was a better place to live.
Also it’s harder normally to get into a prestigious Chinese university then a prestigious university abroad.