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06/25/10(Fri)11:56 No.1467092http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/world/asia/07scholar.html
Chinese
students continue to leave in droves. Nearly 180,000 left in 2008,
almost 25 percent more than in 2007, as more families were able to pay
overseas tuition. For every four students who left in the past decade,
only one returned, Chinese government statistics show. Those who
obtained science or engineering doctorates from American universities
were among the least likely to return.
Recently, though, China
has begun to exert a reverse pull. In the past three years, renowned
scientists like Dr. Shi have begun to trickle back. And they are
returning with a mission: to shake up China’s scientific culture of
cronyism and mediocrity, often cited as its biggest impediment to
scientific achievement. |