https://www.scmp.com/rss/328085/feed Zoe Ge, an MPhil from HKUST, will be joining the PhD program in Political Science at NYU en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The number of Chinese students returning from abroad has grown by leaps and bounds. In 2017, 608,000 students went abroad and 480,900 returned. China is proud of a return rate of 79 per cent; in 1987, the return rate was about 5 per cent, and in 2007 only 30.6 per cent. Why this turnaround? Many students today are not committed to staying abroad. The largest group of students going out and coming back have been candidates for an MA degree – in 2015, 80.5 per cent of returnees were MA students –... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2157081/how-chinese-students-who-return-home-after-studying?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2157081/how-chinese-students-who-return-home-after-studying?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Jul 2018 07:00:45 +0000