"Some of my South Korean friends asked me how to send their
children to study in China," said a researcher at the Research
Center on South Korean Issues, under
the Chinese Academy
of Social Sciences. According to him, Chinese schools are
attracting more and more South Korean students.
Actually, not only South Koreans, but also people from many other
countries want to send or have already sent their children to study
in China.
This month,
Beijing Huijia School received 105 overseas students from 8
countries and regions, including America, Canada, Brazil, Japan and
South Korea.
"Among these overseas students, the oldest entered grade three of
our high school, while the youngest are in grade one of our primary
school. Most of them plan to enter Chinese colleges in the future,"
according to Liu Xinen, director of the school's administrative
office of foreign students. Liu says nearly all these foreign
students' parents have a deep interest in Chinese history and
culture, which is probably the key reason they send their children
to Chinese schools. A South Korean woman Chen Shenghui, studied
Chinese as her major when she was a college student. Now she has
sent her two daughters to Huijia School. She hopes her children
will study at Beijing University someday.
"Certainly China's comparative low tuition fees and expenses are
also important reasons for foreigners to choose Chinese schools,"
he added. Zheng Fengxia, secretary to the principal of Huijia
School says for these reasons, many foreigners send their children
to China, even if they can't accompany them. "All the students here
without their parents have guardians in Beijing," she said.
(Beijing
Today 09/23/2001)