{"id":7465,"date":"2018-01-03T19:16:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T11:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/?p=7465"},"modified":"2018-01-03T15:51:58","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T07:51:58","slug":"china-attracting-fewer-and-fewer-u-s-study-abroad-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2018\/china-attracting-fewer-and-fewer-u-s-study-abroad-students\/","title":{"rendered":"China attracting fewer and fewer U.S. study-abroad students"},"content":{"rendered":"

China is continuing to decline as a destination for U.S. study-abroad students, slipping from fifth place to sixth (behind Britain, Spain, Italy, France, and Germany; with Ireland, Australia, Costa Rica, and Japan completing the top ten). <\/p>\n

This likely indicates that the craze for learning Mandarin has already peaked. Greater awareness of the unhealthy levels of pollution in China may also be a factor. <\/p>\n

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\nNote: The dip in the 2002–2003 school year was a result of worries about the outbreak of SARS. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, almost all other parts of East Asia saw increases in 2015–2016 over 2014–2015: <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\nDestination\n <\/th>\n\nStudents in 2014-15\n <\/th>\n\nStudents in 2015-16\n <\/th>\n\n% Change\n <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
China\n <\/td>\n\n 12,790\n <\/td>\n\n 11,688\n <\/td>\n\n -8.6\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hong Kong\n <\/td>\n\n 1,508\n <\/td>\n\n 1,612\n <\/td>\n\n 6.9\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Japan\n <\/td>\n\n 6,053\n <\/td>\n\n 7,145\n <\/td>\n\n 18.0\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Macau\n <\/td>\n\n 3\n <\/td>\n\n 4\n <\/td>\n\n 33.3\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mongolia\n <\/td>\n\n 71\n <\/td>\n\n 71\n <\/td>\n\n 0.0\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Korea\n <\/td>\n\n 3,520\n <\/td>\n\n 3,622\n <\/td>\n\n 2.9\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taiwan\n <\/td>\n\n 880\n <\/td>\n\n 980\n <\/td>\n\n 11.4\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

sources: <\/p>\n