September 19, 2008
China Moves Up to Fifth as Importer of Students
When Seo Ming-jun came to Shanghai Jiaotong University five years ago to study Chinese, she was planning to stay a year, then return to her native Seoul to complete her undergraduate degree. But halfway through the year she liked China so much that she applied for a four-year degree program.
Her parents, who wanted her to study closer to home, vehemently opposed the idea. But Ms. Seo, now 26, believed a degree from a Chinese university could give her an advantage later
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