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Hertling, James – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
In 18 years, over 260,000 Chinese students have left China to study abroad, and only about one-third have returned. Their flight is compounding the devastation of China's knowledge and talent pool that began with Mao Ze-dong. China is encouraging study abroad, to rectify the loss of a generation of academics, and is most interested in science and…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Engineering Education
