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[–] blackbeans@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

China is the biggest exporter in the world.

Therefore, if you study in a well known US university and gather international experience, it will increase your career prospects. Also, they want to perfect their English. It's hard for them to speak proper English, just like it's hard for us to speak proper Chinese. It's best learned by being exposed to it every day.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The other reply makes it sound like it’s for second rate students who fail a test. (Also this is probably a super expensive alternative to schools in China, given out of state and foreign tuition fees. I assume they come from money. )

So which is it?

[–] ignominous_wombat@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago

It's both. Is it that hard to believe that the second-rate students might need something the first-rste students don't have (like English proficiency or knowledge of American industry) in order to stay competitive?