[IP] Why Britain is best for the privileged of China
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From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 11:45:42
To:dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Why Britain is best for the privileged of China
Hi Dave:
For IP, if you wish.
From today's (London) Times:
>Why Britain is best for the privileged of China
>
>By Oliver August
>
>America is no longer the destination of choice
>for parents keen to help their children get ahead
>
>MICHELLE SHANG talks about Britain's
>universities as if they were untapped coalfields
>or oil-rich desert sands. Sitting in front of a
>Union Jack in her office in Beijing, she
>enthuses to wealthy Chinese parents about the
>rich pickings awaiting their children.
>
>"The education resources of Britain are
>abundant," the director of the Service Centre
>for Overseas Study said. "There are more than a
>hundred public universities and more than a
>thousand colleges ready for exploration."
>
>Mrs Shang's overseas study agency is one of
>dozens in Beijing charging £1,000 a head to
>place students in Britain. With the blessing of
>the Government, rich Chinese have developed a
>hunger for British education that rivals the
>stream of illegal peasant migrants.
>
>The growth is expected to continue or even
>accelerate as returnees propagate the benefits
>of boarding at Harrow or reading law in London.
>Britain has become the top destination for
>Chinese students, ahead of America, the previous
>favourite, and Germany, where higher education
>is virtually free.
>...
>
>Britain's popularity among Chinese students has
>grown since Washington tightened visa
>regulations after the terrorist attacks in 2001.
>Zhang Hao, of Beijing Wan-Ji Education
>Consulting, said: "Why do more and more people
>choose Britain? No doubt it's because it's
>difficult to get an American visa. No matter how
>good you say British education is, America is
>still more popular."
>
>Travelling to Britain has become easier for many
>Chinese since the British Government issues
>visas to almost anyone deemed a genuine student.
>So far the system has worked well, according to
>the British Council, as the vast majority of
>Chinese students return home and do not stay on
>illegally.
>...
Full story at:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-1004382,00.html
cheers
Brian
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