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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
Lin, Chong-Pin – American Enterprise, 1994
Discusses the large number of Chinese students who have decided to study abroad and examines the impact these returning students may have on China's future political and economic development. It also highlights the problem of a "brain drain" occurring in China. How the country encourages its students to return after graduation is…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, College Students, Economic Development, Economic Impact
