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July 3, 2008 at 2:44 pm · Filed under talent, hong kong, scholarship, students, china
Last June, a record 10.5 million young Chinese participated in the national College Entrance Examination (CEE), up half a million from the year before. The CEE is the largest test of its kind in the world.
Whether these students succeed or fail on the exam determines their competitiveness for future jobs and changes the course of their lives in this demanding society. This year, there are twice as many candidates as there were university spots. In turn, the top universities in China and Hong Kong are competing for zhuangyuan—a Chinese term for exam champions from each city and province, numbering around 70 each year nationally.
Of the 614,000 students in Guangdong Province, 21-year old Yang Yang was the 2007 CEE Champion. After turning down an offer from Tsinghua University, a top university in China, he now studies at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Read the rest of this entry »
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June 27, 2008 at 10:43 am · Filed under henan, jobs, students, graduates, china
High school graduate Yang Caifeng has been racking her brains over which subject to major in college.
“I’m not sure if a popular major will secure me a good job four years from now,” the 17-year-old from Shandong Province said early this week.
Yang said her farmer parents are unable to provide suitable advice, while her teachers always give “vague suggestions”.
“I’ve learnt that students majoring in certain hot subjects still cannot find work after graduation,” she said.
Huang Kaixiang, a high school student from Henan Province, is being confronted with the same problem. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 5, 2008 at 1:31 pm · Filed under jobs, students, graduates, china
Nineteen years after a crackdown against student protesters at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, China’s youth are more focused on iPods, designer jeans and buying their first car than political reform.
Most of all they are worried about getting well paid jobs and a share of the newfound wealth that many Chinese professionals are enjoying as the economy surges ahead with double-digit growth.
That is easier said than done. Last summer, China had to provide jobs for nearly 5 million college graduates. This summer, 5.6 million more are getting ready to move out of dormitories and into the job market.
Often the first in their family to get higher education, these graduates of colleges and vocational schools have high expectations that are not being met despite soaring economic growth as there are more graduates than jobs in China. Read the rest of this entry »
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April 24, 2008 at 4:28 pm · Filed under tianjin, xi'an, scholarship, wuhan, study, students, expats, china
The country is pushing ahead in its efforts to become a leading destination for international students, riding on the wave of a growing number of foreigners coming to study in recent years.
This year alone, the authorities will increase the amount of scholarships for foreign students - a group that grows by 3,000 people every year - to attract more of those coming for advanced degrees and study, China Daily learned from the Ministry of Education in a recent interview.
The government has earmarked 500 million yuan ($71 million) for the scholarships this year, up 40 percent from that of last year. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 18, 2007 at 3:03 pm · Filed under students, china, recruitment
As Western countries worry over China’s rise on the international stage, they hold a key advantage in the competition for power and influence: many of China’s best and brightest go abroad for a university education, enjoy their lives in the West, and never return home to share their knowledge and expertise with the motherland.
A recent study by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the nation’s top think-tank, shows that China is losing more first-rate minds to the West than any other country in the world. The phenomenon amounts to a new form of colonialism in which Western countries exploit intellectual talent rather than raw materials.
China is not the only victim of this international form of brain-picking, but it tops the list. More than 70% of the Chinese students who go abroad to study don’t return home, according to the study. Of the 1.06 million Chinese who have traveled overseas to study since 1978, CASS found that only 275,000 have returned. Read the rest of this entry »
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