美國三成是留学生、來自中国的是日本頂峰時的６倍

A few weeks ago the Yomiuri News on-line reported the following:

米留学の３割、中国から…日本のピーク時の６倍

2014年11月24日 19時20分

　【ワシントン＝中島達雄】昨年から今年にかけて米国の大学や大学院に留学した国・地域別の留学生数では中国が昨年比１６・５％増の２７万４４３９人と、首位を保った。

　７年連続の２桁増で、米国への留学生全体の３１％に達した。２位はインド（１０万２６７３人）で、韓国、サウジアラビア、カナダ、台湾と続き、日本（１万９３３４人）は昨年と同じ７位だった。

　調査は米国のＮＰＯ法人・国際教育研究所が行った。日本は１９９４～９５年から９７～９８年にかけて国・地域別でトップだったが、少子化や日本の景気の悪化、帰国後の就職活動への影響懸念などから、９７～９８年の４万７０７３人をピークに減少傾向に転じた。

　中国人留学生は日本のピーク時の６倍近く、インドは２倍以上に達した。世界１、２位の人口大国の経済成長が留学生数に反映された形だ。

(試譯文)

 From last year to this year (2014) the number of students, according to the area from abroad to study in American universities and graduate schools, was 274,439 people from China; compared with last year it increased by over 16. 5 % and maintained its top ranking by country.

  

   In the USA there was a double-digit growth for seven consecutive years, the total number of students studying from abroad reached 31%. China was followed by India (102,673 people) in the second place, then by Korea, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Taiwan, and Japan (19,334 people) which was at the 7th place same as last year.

   It was the International Educational Research Institute, an American NPO Corporation that did the investigation. According to countries or regions, Japan was at top-level from 1994-95 to 97-98, but from the peak of 47,073 people in 97-98, it changed into a downward trend due to a decline in the number of births, deterioration in Japanese business conditions, and worries over the influence on job hunting after returning home.

   The number of Chinese students studying abroad was nearly 6 times more than the peak of the Japanese, two times more than India. The shape of economic growth of the 1st and 2nd place large population countries in the world was reflected by the number of students studying abroad.

I am interested to know whether students from China would spread the thinking of capitalistic life style etc. when they return to China after graduation.