Why So Many Chinese Students Come to America

[@imbaso880]

To sum up and save you 13 min, 1st reason, kids in china want a less competitive way to get good education, 2nd reason: US schools after 2008 need make more $$$

[@peterwang5272]

Good sum up

[@3DegreesNorth638]

Thanks!

[@bigbrothersinnerparty297]

tu suong NTD is owned by Falun Gong and who also owns China uncensored, Epoch Times, Crossroads, QAnon, etc which are all anti China and heavily conservative. Criticize China but don’t say literally everything you disagree with and is even remotely related to China is Communist Propaganda.

[@bigbrothersinnerparty297]

tu suong this is the problem with people these days, they hate China so much they think anyone anywhere who disagrees with them is a “50 cent” army.

[@yekindarg7600]

Isn't indian basic education way tougher than china?

[@vincentz4284]

When I was 17 I always failed my maths tests in China high school.. when I went to the UK, I even got to top 2 in my second year university maths exam. I was so surprised.

[@nelsonricardo3729]

OK, "Vincent". What's wrong with the name your parents gave you?

[@vincentz4284]

@@nelsonricardo3729 nothing wrong. I do this to look after those who can't pronounce. Just a nice thing I do for the proud people who don't understand why other nations dont speak English.

[@sonnywu100]

Vincent Z lmao good one my friend

[@kennethh3790]

Vincent Z Damnnnn sonn, someone call the fire department!

[@sophiaz9081]

Nelson Ricardo the Indian kids in my school do the same thing Vincent does bc no one can pronounce them correctly

[@Wheezr]

"Good grades = good university = good job = good life" says every Chinese parent ever

[@oliverhees4076]

and everywhere

[@unlockedaccount]

Jeremy Chen every parent says that

[@eduardo_Skywaller1032]

@@unlockedaccount yeah but a lot (not all) of us Americans don't have the same work ethic

[@eduardo_Skywaller1032]

@Snow 123 many reasons ....we stress different things. Aka sports over education or money or fame over values. Many things that could be subjective

[@kiranjeetcheema]

I’m Indian and tbh we stress over ela more than anything else math will always stay sane but not language

[@Minchya]

My brother spent 6 years learning to be a Dentist. He told me once that the first 4 years was all theory and the Chinese and Indian students were always at the top off the class. The last 2 years was all focused on practical work on real patients. Most of the Chinese/Indian students struggled and lost confidence, the other students excelled.

[@justindai9742]

Exactly, I’m Chinese and the only good thing is our brain

[@Minchya]

@@justindai9742 And food : )

[@justindai9742]

@@Minchya yess agree

[@lexismith8206]

6 years only? In the US, dentists spent 8 years total in schooling. Some also comeplete an optional residency.

[@Minchya]

@@lexismith8206 Maybe hours per week or semester are different ?

[@t3hb0ss]

"all the sudden, chinese students in america suddenly EXPLODED" me in my lecture sitting next to chinese student: *eyes nervously*

[@sulfur_americium2993]

r u n

[@llll6439]

lol

[@CHRF-55457]

Lmao

[@alexsun5247]

Allahu Akbar

[@tasneemahmed5821]

Real fucking original

[@fernandomaluenda4226]

I was 17 when I moved to the US from South America. Where I'm from people taunt the education system in the US by saying things like "it's too easy" or "Americans are dumb." I'm ashamed to say I was one of them. When I started my studies my grades plummeted. The system is different by placing less emphasis on heavy testing and more on homework, participation and projects. Americans value creativity, not simply memorizing facts or equations. Now that I'm accustomed my grades stabilized and feel that I am more independent and able to think outside the box. I value the ability to use my knowledge and look down on memorization. Now that I've seen both sides, I believe the education system in the US far better than my home country. I would love, however, to hear if someone's experience was the opposite, spending years in both systems and coming out believing the education system in the US is worse, and why that is.

[@fernandomaluenda4226]

@@davidspader4228 no but ok lmao

[@unlockwithjsr]

Same experience, not from South America though, from Kenya in East Africa.

[@ashtonhashbrown6155]

I had no idea our education system was so valuable, or the other ones outside of the U.S are just bad.

[@fernandomaluenda4226]

@@ashtonhashbrown6155 Well college is very overpriced. Where I'm from college is around 8-10k a year but it is strictly academic. It isn't that universities in the US are good and elsewhere are bad, in my opinion. I think universities in the US have room for creativity and rewarding hard work more than some other countries. In my opinion It is very expensive here, though.

[@ashtonhashbrown6155]

@@fernandomaluenda4226 agreed.

[@kvz1926]

The Indian, the Vietnamese, the Philippine students also want to study in the US too not just the Chinese but the difference is they don't have money.

[@lettuce1305]

the ones that do manage to go to the US for study are pretty well-off too.

[@nehcooahnait7827]

There are lots of Indian students studying in China for medicine and engineering now. Well studying in the US is just... expensive. China is pretty good at engineering tho.

[@stardust_and_love]

They do have money. studying in the US costs a lot

[@TheGuyNobodyReallyLikes]

I've seen a lot of rich Indians getting out of their county and studying in First World Countries. For a country that has a weaker currency against the other countries with advanced economies, the Indians surely do have a lot of money to spend.

[@andrewh.6349]

I'm a Vietnamese. Well, Georgia tuition fee is 3k3/ semester. This is expensive.

[@brownkinglokoslim]

We had this kid from Africa who came into our school as a freshman, the same year he was bumped up to a sophomore, which was the grade I was in at the time. He graduated with us as well, he was the smartest kid I ever met and really down to earth.

[@brownkinglokoslim]

@Charmaine Olac he was from Kenya

[@arthas640]

That sort of stuff makes sense though. If a student is moving cross country and already knows the language, chances are he's from a wealthy family who can afford to get him tutors or extra schooling prior to the move. My Thai family members often got sent out of country for schooling but they'd gone to private schools and went to after school tutors prior to the move so they were already extremely well educated and spoke 2 or 3 languages before showing up in the new country. A few went to America and 1 went to South Korea so they all spoke fluent Thai and English and the one who went to South Korea learned Korean as well, and most spoke a little Japanese and Cambodian too. Usually if a student moves to a new country they're already in the top 10%, 5%, or higher of their national average. The kid who moves from Vietnam to America is going to be top tier, not average.

[@doujinflip]

The smartest people I ever met were native African. There's a lot of education and creativity there, it just needs a better governance environment to take advantage of those skills before those folks develop the opportunity and commitment to emigrate.

[@arthas640]

@@doujinflip that's what's kept Africa, India, and a few other regions rather weak. People get educated and the first thing they do is try to move. America, despite its flaws, has always been a global innovator not so much because it's the best educated but because its amazing and drawing in those who are. Some of the smartest people in the world move there and since they have some of the best schools and a melting pot society built on integration once people go to school in america they often end up working for american companies either back in their home country or they move there permanently. The UK is fairly similar in the regard. Meanwhile in many African countries corruption and poor governance often leads to people looking for better shores even if they're well educated and/or wealthy, and the endless brain drain really affects the countries. Colonialism did a ton of damage to many african nations but after the end of imperial rule many of the well educated natives still left for their colonizers or for thriving economies like America, sometimes due ethnic/religious tensions, war, or just hating the way their countries were run. This trend is starting to reverse a bit but hasn't stopped either.

[@RobertMJohnson]

@@doujinflip that must be why they are more innovative than North Americans, Europeans and Australians, eh?

[@hinglemccringleberry8193]

I swear a third of my high school is chinese exchange students. They all drive 200,000 dollar cars

[@anthonybrowning5686]

Where the hell do you go to school

[@EugeneAyindolmah]

Do you live in a rich city

[@AutomateEverythingRM]

@@anthonybrowning5686 vancouver probably.

[@omar35390]

Which is a good thing for the economy 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@campkira]

who care it not thier anyhow...

[@jamaalfridge]

I teach English in China, and frankly I feel sorry for these kids and their stressful environment. Their childhoods are sacrificed to squeeze in an extra two hours a day of extracurricular classes, all so they can compete with each other for a somewhat decent salary at a job they have little/no passion for. While they take care of their aging parents, spouse, and young children they barely have time to see.

[@daeding5343]

Bla bla bla.. i love living like that. I mean i'm chinese decent but not live in china. We doing that for our future and for our children so they can hv better future. In fact most of us in here, become middle class or the rich because we study 24 x 7. And most of 1% in my country are chinese decent because we sacrificed our life for better future. We will enjoying our life in 40 until die when the others still strugling because they enjoying their life in the young age. We become the rich because we study hard and work smart and hard. It's our right, don't feel sorry about that and don't change it. Thanks :)

[@jonathanqiao2879]

I an a chinese descendent too, however I beg to differ with this idea that after 40 you are free. I have seen myself that alot of people both in china and the western world that still work rather than living the life. For example my dad, he makes MRI, graduated from a university 40 years ago when it was still rare and is still working.

[@xyzhou6207]

It is because the gap from poor to rich is still open, shrinking but still open, unlike developed societies. The time when China becomes a developed country, things will slow down.

[@MrYsosad]

englisch teacher in asia...not the most qualified profession to talk about china tbh

[@pilerks1]

@@daeding5343 Enjoying your life as a young child is much more valuable than when you're 40

[@Justin_Joy]

They go to America Because they don't have to always use a VPN to access KZbin.

[@WorldWideWong]

...like one you can get by signing up for NordVPN Oh wait, wrong sponsor

[@d0fabur5st82]

Justin Joy I am using Peking University wifi with VPN to watch KZbin Right now.

[@def8332]

d0fabur5st it was nice knowing you. Jk 😬

[@leonleon2021]

Don't worr, we don't give shie about yt.

[@FrankRaofighton]

This is a joke, don't take it seriously, LOL

[@jgray2718]

Until very recently I was a math professor at a community college that has a lot of Chinese students (Santa Barbara City College). I asked a few of them how they ended up at a community college in the US, even a very good one like SBCC. They had a few answers for me. I have no idea if these are true or not, but it's what they told me. It's also possible that these are only true in some places and not others, as I had students from Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and several other places _(some of them couldn't even understand each others' Chinese)._ (a) It's very hard to get into a good Chinese college, and the 2nd tier colleges don't lead to good jobs. (b) Once you get into college, the education isn't actually that good. Everybody passes and you don't learn much. Their high schools are stronger than ours but their colleges are not. (c) If you're not from a family in high standing you're probably screwed. You're better off moving somewhere else, like the US. (d) The Chinese government has agreements with some colleges that the government will pay their tuition. I imagine it's mostly universities, but apparently even a high-end junior college like SBCC could qualify. If you're from Beijing and you don't like the cold, coming to SBCC is probably like attending college in Hawaii. You can even see the marina from the building I taught in. I also found a surprisingly huge amount of cheating among my Chinese students. I always assumed that the Chinese reverence for education would make that unlikely, but a really high proportion of my Chinese students cheated in a variety of ways, some of them quite creative. It was almost always the students who were reluctant to talk to me, too. This is just a guess, but it seemed like many of my Chinese students were intimidated and unwilling to ask questions or ask for help, but they felt like they had to pass so they would resort to cheating. A lot of them also came from very rich families, so the pressure to succeed might have been quite high, especially in a math class. Also their student visa gets revoked if their grades slip too far _(and the threshold is pretty high - more than one student told me their visa would be revoked if they got a C in my class)._ It probably didn't help that I taught a lot of statistics, which includes quite a bit of reading paragraph-long problems and absolutely no solving for x. If you are bad at English statistics can be quite hard, and a lot of my Chinese students _(and East Asian students in general)_ had pretty weak English skills _(not the Singaporeans though; I only had 4 Singaporean students I can recall but they all had perfect English. Like, better than most Americans perfect and almost no accent)._ I should also note that some of my absolute best _(and favorite)_ students were from China. My Chinese students who took their educations seriously were awesome - disciplined, hard working, insightful - everything a teacher could ever want in a student. But that was true of my students from Mozambique, South Korea, Mexico, The Netherlands, Ukraine, the USA, and every other country*. Nothing will get rid of preconceptions about people from a particular country faster than meeting a bunch of people from that country and finding out they're pretty much like people from other countries with a few differences in upbringing and language. *: I now realize that I wish I had made a map of all the places my students came from. I taught there for 15 years and it's a very international school; I probably taught students from at least 50 different countries, including Kazakhstan _(only one student in 15 years, but she was awesome),_ Congo _(a brother and sister fleeing civil war. Two of the nicest people I've ever met),_ Zimbabwe _(she wanted to be an economist so she could help her country prevent future monetary disasters),_ Azerbaijan _(I think she was a model; she certainly looked the part and would show up to school every day in a very tight cocktail dress with full makeup, a glitzy handbag, and high heels. For a midday class. She was a super hard worker and very intense),_ Myanmar _(in April 2020 she had to move back home and take my 5 - 7 pm class at 2 - 4 am her time, but she handled it well; she just got up in the middle of the night and came to Zoom class in PJs, then went back to bed)_ and lots of others. It would have been a nice way to remember more of them.

[@RobespierreThePoof]

Oddly enough, though I've taught at four colleges/universities, none of them had many international students. I've always wondered why. There must be a certain set of American universities which are known in China. I've had one student from Guangzhou. One. Ha! Compare this to the UK where i did my postdocs... Almost every university has many Chinese students, no matter what variety of university: Oxbridge, red brick or grey brick. (Actually, i think there are fewer at Oxbridge but that's likely due to the admissions committees)

[@jgray2718]

@@RobespierreThePoof How was the weather at your colleges? It's super nice in Santa Barbara, and several of my students told me they came specifically for that. We also had a ton of Swedes, as their government would also pay our tuition and moving from Sweden to southern California must be pretty sweet. Not nearly as many Norwegians or Danes or Finns, but I think we only had agreements with Sweden and China. The other Europeans got a little annoyed by the huge number of Swedes because everyone just assumed every non-British Euro was Swedish :-)

[@ЮйЮй-ы7н]

more connection, more peaceful🎉.

[@yuluoxianjun]

information enough

[@BearsThatCare]

12:05 Did that chart just say the U.S. has 181 universities in the top 100 universities list?

[@francescoazzoni3445]

Fox news: anyone that says America doesn't have 181 universities in the top 100 hates America

[@bo5132]

There are ties dude

[@BearsThatCare]

@@bo5132 A lot of ties apparently.

[@fatboyRAY24]

yeah. It's our public k-12 education thats ass.

[@ejubel3183]

I think it should be top 300 or 500 list?

[@alexmadio5785]

The Chinese come to America because they don't have access to 2 months of free Skillshare.

[@brian_kam]

lmao

[@嗷大喵-p4f]

cow be

[@JeandrePetzer]

lmao

[@jonathanmeza6527]

Common_C3nts r/whoosh

[@ZhangLee.]

i`m chinese so i can say it was truth

[@ThePortraitArt]

thank god I moved over seas when I was young. My cousins all have white hairs from the stress in their 20's (no JOKE!)

[@andyl3655]

grey hair lol

[@ThePortraitArt]

@@andyl3655 actually more like pure white :)

[@roxannetan]

@@ninalym6328 racist

[@alinastanescu4430]

@@ThePortraitArtUnravel:*intensifies But memes aside woah

[@lqsun3141]

Maybe something to do with gene?

[@michelangelo_o12]

Rip chinese students who have it so hard overseas. Makes me grateful that school is much easier and allows me to have lots of personal time. At my highschool even in all advanced classes it isnt very hard, im not even really smart, just decent at paying attention and a decent work ethic.

[@bellgrand]

American high schools want to develop you as a person. College is when it gets very academically rigorous.

[@fernandomaluenda4226]

@@bellgrand That is true. Some colleges are more academically rigorous than others, but most place an emphasis on creativity and application rather than raw knowledge.

[@tomevers6670]

Lol, you’re grateful but don’t see that in the future with less jobs, Americans will lose out .

[@tkotecha5715]

Chinese students studying in USA, Canada, UK and Australia are from family members belonging to Chinese Communist Party. These CCP families send their children to Western countries because do not have any confidence nor trust in the 3rd world, poor corrupt and incompetent Chinese Universities. Only ordinary poor Chinese families send their children to backward, poor, third world Chinese universities for education.

[@truth4593]

Some people enjoy that pressure but definitely majority are forced to do

[@朱珠-i6k]

as a mom with 2 boys, we consider international study as a way to eacape the heavy learning for my boys. as it is too much competitive, not necessary at all. but we have too many people, resources are limited. and we have money . so it is not a problem.

[@izna_vis]

Wow. Good for you

[@朱珠-i6k]

Tong Su i am in China,the education is .... my n big boy needs to study 13 hours a day, horrible.and I am master of education from top normal university, the current is too much competitive

[@赵汉卿-q8z]

funky you

[@kevinc9065]

Good on you for keeping open to the multitude of paths for education. For some people the intensity can be a benefit, for many it is not. The diversity of learners and their needs doesn't sound very well tailored with the system described in this video. I completely agree that degree of intensity is not necessary many education systems produce successful members of society with high degree of fulfillment without high intensity studies.

[@xAffan]

@UCdW_3vGXmyAte6behvq2X7A lol look at this chinese trying to say fuck you

[@lavissebruh3144]

Imagine smurfing in real-life schools lmao

[@あずま-f5i]

my gpa was a measly 5.5 cause my friends didnt wanna study eith me so i couldnt conveniently cheat off them so i found new friends at a new school in a new country in a new continent and now im in harvard

[@username05198]

Bro chill its siege, School is Siege 😳 Alot of Smurfs out here in Gold 😃

[@ruchimama]

...

[@ladderenjoyer]

I'm actually doing that :D

[@Cosplayinghuman]

@@あずま-f5i really are you in Harvard?

[@Victor-kt6qn]

I'm really glad western countries are more chill when it comes to the pace of education. You know, actually let kids be kids.

[@bellgrand]

China treats their children like investments.

[@mlong9475]

But sometimes TOO CHILL. I had a teacher in college in New Jersey that was so bad half the class left and never returned the next week!

[@bloodmure1]

Being too chill could be also a problem when you think about flat-Earthers and anti-vaccers

[@bellgrand]

@@bloodmure1 Please. You have any idea how many crazy and uneducated people there are in China?

[@shanekiat2177]

@@bloodmure1 whole america ain't like that buddy

[@ycplum7062]

On a somewhat unrelated note, a moderately wealthy familiy that sends a child or more to a foreign university provides a them with a good education, but also an opportunity to quietly move some of their wealth out of China. The family is thus able to spread out its eggs in multiple baskets. Money in the US can easily be invested and out of the reach of the Chinese government.

[@doujinflip]

Right, education expenses are exempt from the $50k/year foreign exchange limit, so things like rent for a student's private room in an expensive apartment near campus (which they're really sharing and pocketing the difference) aren't counted in the annual cap.

[@moshesierra6849]

In Australia, New Zealand and the UK , Chinese students are the overwhelming majority of international students

[@kristencurtis7031]

Yes same with Canada.

[@-caesar3751]

Gabriel probably couldn’t get to good uni himself and has low income

[@GoogleAccount-qr6ox]

@Gabriel They cheat, have bad morals and behavior and often don't speak good English and disrupt the classes.

[@-caesar3751]

@@GoogleAccount-qr6ox u must be at a shi ty uni thats y u see these kinds of students

[@TheLazyGeneTV]

And spies

[@lydiali801]

So true, I came to Australia for elite private high school because I only scored 380/780 in my middle school exam. Lol

[@Kevin509wisdom]

Have you become an elite yet?

[@lydiali801]

Guangkai Ren Luckily Yes.

[@migmed4093]

At what city are you studying?

[@sarahiri5724]

Guangkai Ren his father is really fucking rich

[@金枪鱼-m1o]

哈哈哈，真实~

[@NotShowingOff]

This is the true problem of standardized testing. If the test can be learned or gamed, money and wealth will always have an advantage.

[@mentallydegradedcharlamagn1481]

explain how please; somebody will probably come across this comment, disagree with it and make an annoying rant

[@mimilee4890]

I do not claim to be an expert, but I'll still have a crack at it: Basically, wealthier families have better access to teachers/institutions who understand the inner workings of the test mechanisms, thus having a "game plan" to ace through said mechanisms. Think of it as "buying a cheat sheet/armor set/weapon set/whatever you call it for defeating the most difficult boss in the game."

[@owenkile6042]

Also they literally get someone to take the test for them

[@hxi7141]

I think u got it totally reversed. When there is no standardized testing, therefore when college admission are subjective and are not based on some strict requirements, money and wealth will always have an even bigger advantage. Chinese college admission is 10 times more fair than the U.S, which doesn’t mean it’s good for everyone, but it’s definitely more fair

[@hxi7141]

Mimi Lee don’t you realize without standardized testing this is even worse?

[@waltdill927]

Having taught English and a few courses in American History, Culture, etc. in China for several years, i found that it was impossible to avoid conflict with the regular teachers for trying to be innovative in class or to expect students to do more original work. The idea of the student doing about two thirds of the work and the teacher acting mostly as facilitator and adviser was strange to them. Foreign teachers were not allowed to establish their own grading standards or to design their course content around the skill levels or abilities of individual students or classes. Chinese teachers would ask for our suggestions, finally ignoring our recommendations, and then turn around at the end of semester and make demands for "passing" almost every student, even the ones who never did any work at all in class. i spent most of my free time with a few serious students who were preparing for the Big Exam, and i would test them for comprehension in their subject area and give them pointers and tips about how to "read" the exam, or encourage them to strike out on their own and try new things. The Chinese classrooms really are nothing but long, boring lectures and quiet students taking notes. The saddest thing to see were students who were afraid to ask questions in class, or who would "lose face" by not always having the right answers. It made me want to cry on a few occasions. The better students wanted more than anything to experience the sort of unpredictable, project-oriented, and creative classroom that many foreign teachers wished to give to them. I loved most of it, though.

[@Peirithous]

Therein lies the difference between rote memorization education and one where critical thinking is always encouraged as we do here. Great insight. Thanks for sharing your experience 👏👏

[@arthas640]

It's all about different priorities. In many countries they prioritize rote learning (memorizing facts) and "hard sciences" like math while also prioritizing your test taking abilities. In the US there's more focus on creative problem solving, free thinking, and a focus on how different subjects are connected. That's one of the reasons that Americans still perform well in workplaces and innovate so much yet still score low on tests compared to countries like China or Japan. Some countries focus a little too hard on tests and it can turn students into very smart calculators and memory banks, and they'll score great on a test but if you give them a real world problem they may only solve the problem at an average level. We see this sort of thing in military history and in military's today, countries with rote learning and strict hierarchy can get hampered by it. When faced with a problem the officers will perform by the book even if things dont work out well that way. They may even keep performing the same solution over and over even if it's not efficient. The US meanwhile will break "protocol" and try to figure out a creative solution and may even throw the book out. During joint operations many strict nations like Japan will often note how often the Americans simply ignore their own protocols but still perform well. As a Nazi general once said that "war is chaos and the American army practices chaos on a daily basis" while the Soviets described Americans as "we cant plan against US strategy as the Americans feel no need to read their manuals or follow their own doctrine". The US has a tendency to teach broad learning, teach them a good base of knowledge, and then teach creative problem solving so that you can train someone up and then set them loose to create their own solutions. More strict nations meanwhile will have people memorize facts and rules and teach them to follow guidelines. Both systems can work well, Japan and America have wildly different teaching strategies but both have thriving economies but Japan performs far better in tests while Americans still innovate on an astonishing scale.

[@linkly9272]

@@arthas640 haha, hearing the purported quotes from the German and Soviet officers makes me so happy for some reason. maybe, despite all its problems, deep down i still love this weird ass country

[@arthas640]

@@linkly9272 america has some weird hidden strengths and one of them is thriving on chaos. When it comes to the military america is a bit weird. Most countries were either modern european (or European influenced) militaries who focused mainly on large armies in set piece battles, they were large rabbles like China, or they were rural spread out countries that used smaller more independent units. The US was a bit weird in that it was a large european style military power who spent much of their history fight along a massive frontier fighting low intensity conflicts against natives and smaller powers like Mexico spread across an entire continent. This lead to american officers being given more latitude and independence and a strong reliance on NCOs and lower level officers. This came in really handy in both world wars when american officers didn't have to worry about micromanaging tiny details and could lay out a set of goals and a rough plan and they could rely on their NCOs to adapt and over come. Controlled chaos.

[@jialiu0312]

​@@arthas640Could you please explain how to become more creative and innovative please. Especially in science and technology fields. I don't think Americans are better at innovation in science and technology.

[@JA-in5de]

Polymatter and China, still a better love story than Twilight!

[@harshshitole6293]

Akshat Jain right

[@MsMRkv]

😭

[@mentallydegradedcharlamagn1481]

Anything is.

[@kishore369]

@@harshshitole6293 I am sorry but is your surname really shitole?

[@vtron9832]

And the third wheel: Apple

[@FrankRaofighton]

As a Chinese student come to study in US. The main reason I think for most Chinese students to come are: 1> Affordable: Middle class is growing fast, average $35,000/year cost in US univerisities is not a problem for many Chinese families 2> Competition: In China, to get into top 100 universities, your GAOKAO score has to be at top 3%. Or you can say acceptance rate for top 100 universities is 3%, while in US, top 100 university acceptance rate is 66%, and the international ranking is much higher. 3> Reputation: 10 years ago, not many Chinese students studied abroad, overall those students are more welcomed in big companies and are paid higher. Now it's a different story unless you graduated from top famous universities.

[@jessechen4971]

and it isn't limited to American universities really.

[@coolbuddyshivam]

@@maxidumyang5102 Then how the hell they live in cities like Shenzhen which literally says education as a way to succeed is becoming obsolete?

[@ruedelta]

@@coolbuddyshivam Because in Chinese culture, there are generally speaking three paths to careers - government, business, and academia. Shenzhen is a hub for the business life but such livelihoods are rarely as stable or honorable as academia, or as powerful as government. While it's hard to say for certain that it's still true today, going into business was seen as something you did if you were too stupid to come out on top in the academic race. Jack Ma commonly talks about this, I recommend that you take a look at his speeches.

[@PBojun]

Rufei 北方特别喜欢当安逸的公务员，南方特别喜欢折腾经济，你的说法是错误的，改革开放在深圳成功是有原因的

[@coolbuddyshivam]

@@maxidumyang5102 They didn't think that with automation replacing repetitive jobs, how could the education that doesn't focus on developing creativity would still be a road to prosperity in near future?

[@karolkupec2044]

Same in Korea, students are coming to US due to non availability of the schools.🗽💕💕you all

[@punitarathi4127]

As More Progress Will happen in India Their will be an Exponential Rise in our Numbers too 😅

[@fernandomaluenda4226]

I had two Korean roommates in college. One grew up here, the other was full on Korean. Both were awesome. Korean culture is amazing!

[@pikachuthunderbolt3919]

@@punitarathi4127 dude indians and Chinese have major proportion in USA in terms of foreign students

[@punitarathi4127]

@@pikachuthunderbolt3919 Yes ,But it is still less as India have 1/5 th the Per Capita GDP of PRC So ,very less students can actually afford to go and Study there Once Economic Progess will Happen more people will go to study in the Land of Freedom

[@pikachuthunderbolt3919]

don't compare with Chinese universities They are one of the best in world and get top position in QS ranking too. I don't think Korean universities are that pretty standard except SNU. In Asia Singapore , china and hong kong persist best universities across whole asia

[@cruxdraloor8950]

Imagine showing up at your dorm as a freshman and your roommate is Xi Jinping's daughter

[@Tommykey07]

I am sure she gets her own private house with security

[@punitarathi4127]

@@Tommykey07 And ,her Father also paid a Donation of 100 Million USD to the Harvard University

[@jhasjhis9]

You would never know, they all use pseudonyms and fake families

[@serperist4123]

sounds like a plot for a manga

[@KazeShikamaru]

You got it made.

[@rogerthat5459]

I was on a plane from Boston to LA and it was full of Chinese kids all wearing Harvard sweatshirts. They had just toured the university and were flying back to China. There were a couple of MIT shirts.

[@peterleung8372]

Roger.

[@abditus5842]

Twenty percent are spies. In the last year 7 professors have been arrested for espionage or hiding that they are working g for the CCP. A student was arrested in Chicago for recruiting students to spy. It’s faster for China to steal IP than figure it out themselves.

[@iloveabgs]

@@abditus5842 suspicious but okay

[@LehuaUHH]

Makes me wonder what kind of deals are ongoing.

[@simontheman4337]

Abditus yo, if I am a kid from a rich ass family, I would never ever risk my life for useless reason while I can enjoy lots of things that normals don’t. What you said is suspicious.

[@willstonebridge2476]

The truth is that for the rich Chinese families it is easier to get into a good universities here in US than in China via the tough Gaokao (Chinese college entrance exam), which you can only take once a year and have to study very hard for years in high school. But if you choose to study at a US college/university, then you will have a much easier time in high school as you are off the hook.

[@anonymike8280]

Then they're hindering themselves. Secondary school, undergraduate college, and graduate and professional school are all different entities. The number of people who have done badly at the lower stage and then do better and better as they move up the ladder is astounding. Rich kids and many of the affluent go to prep schools where the alphabet goes A-B-Z and no one get a "Z". People get grades in secondary school by knowing how to identify and meet the class requirements. You do not have to be brilliant to do this although there are always a few people for whom the whole thing is a snap too. These types sometimes do not get very involved in the whole academic rat race and still come up with straight A's. They really do not teach you very much in high school. The point of secondary school from the point of view of any regime is that the straight-A students are ones likely to be conformists politically. They often have no moral core and will go along with any system. In America, the university-trained leftists you see all over the place in the media and government are in fact the conformists. If they resist change, it is because they fear the development of new elements which might compete with their own children and because, dagnabit, as you get older, it just gets harder to morph. If you're seen doing it, it's embarrassing for one thing.

[@karlmannyang]

All rich class have more chance for better education worldwide, gaokao is the best system for poverty class

[@admin1054]

Yeah its hard to get into the top university in China but once they get in to their surprise the quality of education is not that very good and its not worth the trouble so why bother when they have the money to cone to America where the world’s best universities are waiting for them.

[@爆炒左人精日美分亲妈]

@Charles Chin this is why I hate the fucking capitals

[@lesleylee3755]

@@karlmannyang Also the best way to kill students that aren't 'strong' enough, right?(Charles darwin would be proud)

[@fugitivegulag5269]

For me, the reason I came to study in the United States is that I took the postgraduate qualification exam twice, but I didn't pass the English test, so I had to go abroad to get a master's degree

[@HarryPotter-nx9id]

英语一吗

[@waterlilies3727]

秦伯约 seriously

[@danxincui2713]

好一个晏子使楚😂

[@kaixuanlu6577]

数学不是最难吗？ 看来你偏科啊

[@andriod8014]

Fucking 50 cent bots are everywhere.

[@AVA-mh1ch]

I went to school in Thailand till I was 9 and then I came to US. When I got here, I was ahead of other students (in math at least) , they were still doing the multiplication test every week and I was always the first one to finish first. Which was surprising cause I was one of the last person to memorize the multiplication table in Thailand. Anyways, I just wanted to say that sometimes I wish I still live in Asia so I’m pressured to study hard. I just want to be smart 😭

[@yossarianmnichols9641]

US education below the college level is horrific. It is underfunded and censored by the political police in the community. You have to go to a rich suburb in America to get a good high school education. They teach at the college prep level. When the schools were filled after WW II the US was wealthy and state revenues were increasing every year. My generation had very good, well funded schools. After 1980 the states started to rein in costs and class sizes started to increase. By now the public school system is a skeleton of its former self.

[@RobertMJohnson]

that's funny b/c American Asian and white kids beat every single nation on Earth except 6 in the 2018 International PISA exam in reading, math, science.

[@jolie1543]

i think it really depends on where you are, some schools in my district are the most toxic places ever & everyone will look down on you for not taking 15 APs and having a 4.0 while being the founder of 3 nonprofits or win prestigious national awards 💔💔 our education system is hella easy from elementary through middle, but in high school it suddenly covers half your college courses LMAO

[@yuqingwang9525]

LOL. “The most important 9 hours of your life”. In my opinion, the function of Gao Kao was overestimated and gradually lose its popularity. However, it's still "The most important 9 hours of the life of poor families" in the foreseeable future.

[@fredericren5116]

By “poor families” you mean any family that couldn’t find a back door to problems in life (and oh there are so many such problems living in China), or don’t have some high and mighty friends in the regime. There are plenty of families like that, that are not actually poor.

[@Sandman-ge8jz]

@@fredericren5116 Sure rich and well established families could have access to better resources and backdoors, but at the end of the day, the fact remains that if your GaoKao score is high enough, there is nothing stopping you from going to a good college. This may not be the best system, but it’s better than many other countries. There are bucket loads of students in top colleges in China that comes from families poorer than you could possibly imagine. If corruption and inequality is what you’re arguing for, I would I argue you could apply your logic to every single step of the US college application process. You will do better in AP exams, SAT/ACT, extracurriculars, GPA, and college application essays as long as your family has enough money, this is pretty much as a commonly known fact at this point. No system is perfect, pick the best one if you can and work hard in it.

[@fredericren5116]

@@Sandman-ge8jz “Poorer than I could possibly imagine”, did you just challenge my imagination? 😂 I don’t know about you but I was actually born and raised in china, and I know how extremely rich people can get in the major cities and within the CCP regime, and also how extremely poor people can get in remote villages. I have also personally gone through both the Chinese and North American admission processes, and have a pretty personal experience about how fair each system is. The point is not about whether the NA system is perfectly clean, the point is about the Chinese admission system being much more corrupt (much like many other aspect of china, filled with corruption), and much more oppressive to students because the only thing it looks at is ONE score, not just for college, but also for high school and even middle school admissions. And guess which one is easier, to manipulate that ONE score VS manipulating your SAT + GPA + Application letters? The answer is THE FORMER 😂 Did you also say “nothing stop you from going to a good school if your score is high enough in china”? Do you actually know that “for a fact”? 😂 Did you know when applying for the same “good school”, students from different parts of china are subject to different score cutoffs? Or they have the same score requirement but actually do different exams? So your “good enough” score may not be good enough for the buddy in another province. This is just systemic discrimination and oppression, not even counting rich people cheating. Be careful when you use the word “fact” because it usually makes you sound ignorant 😂

[@junmingpu9201]

@@Sandman-ge8jz 哈哈哈都是中国人就别装外宾了

[@jeffbenton6183]

@@junmingpu9201 I'm guessing that they're "pretending to be foreign" so English speakers can understand what they wrote to each other

[@1999twan]

Nobody noticed that in China you will need to have a freaking library on your desk during class lol

[@bilibiliism]

Thats because Chinese high school does not have lockers. So students have to keep everyone to their desk.

[@zhenyutang4277]

@@bilibiliism No, we have 2-layer lockers, but still not enough. The books on our desks are 'cached' that you will use in the week, before or after. Maybe just in a day. You switch between 6 subjects(Chinese Language, math, foreign language(mostly English), plus 3 subjects.)Each has 6 to 8 coursebooks, and 6-8 exercise books, and your notebooks(usually 1-2 per subject), and examination paper(for daily exercise or homework). So what you see is just a small segment of their cached learning materials.

[@RuthCuadrado]

that’s because Chinese actually study. They go to school mon-sat and have many hours of homework every day.

[@evankurniawan1311]

@@RuthCuadrado you mean memorize. They only study for exam. After exam is done then they slack off. The knowledge they get will be wasted when they are working. Not so good

[@RuthCuadrado]

Evan Kurniawan Don’t we all?

[@wenwen2621]

As a person who took 9 years of education in China, and 7 years outside China, I always criticise GaoKao in terms of its structure and the ways Chinese schools prepare the students for it. The three years of high school can be a torment for most of Chinese students, but on the other hand, GaoKao is definitely a fair and efficient system. China is big, the size of population is crazy, and it is still developing, so it is hard for China to allocate resources equally, including education. But under the system of GaoKao, people from remote and impoverished areas have the opportunity to take high quality of tertiary education in big cities. The government recognises their hard-work by taking special consideration even though their grades are relatively lower than other kids from those big cities, and also help them financially. Their lives will be definitely changed!!! Imagine, if China also adopts the same uni enrolment system as US, it will take them a long long time to find “the right” students from 1.4B people. And those from less-developed areas will suffer from disadvantages of having not so much experiences and co-curriculum activities.

[@swesleyc7]

Thank you for the reasonable and contrary perspective. I agree an exam that determines your life sounds very Spartan, but it's fair and efficient.

[@jinjunliu2401]

1.4B should be changed to something like 100 Million, because not everyone takes the GaoKao in one year

[@bilibiliism]

My thoughts as well. The American system works in the highly developed first world. But if China is using the same system, only children from the richest 10% would have opportunity for education. Gaokao system gave everyone a fair chance to be in the game.

[@ankush-kl2nf]

same here in india

[@NotShowingOff]

I don’t think it’s fair. Simply efficient. Judging by one standard and nothing else means you can’t see a student by more than one number. Many students won’t be the best mathematicians or physicists at that age, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t be great at the fields later. By making this a high stakes, all or nothing exam that can be gamed by the wealthy, you are essentially weeding out ppl and relegating them to jobs that they might not be good at, but a test says they have to be. It’s a low cost way to divide the population. No politics needed. But a waste of human capital.

[@CellRus]

Hard subjects, hard maths, hard science DO NOT equal success in life. A lot of Asian kids struggled with networking, communication, conveying ideas and being creative because of the way their education has forced them to become machines. I always thought Asian kids were superior but I was wrong on so many levels when I came to the UK. Sure, I excelled at school (I was excelled at work back home too) but yet I always felt so behind other western students when it comes to being active, being creative, being mature. They were excellent at it, and was NOT bad at schoolwork either. So all in all, I am the one who's less educated while my peers are much more well-rounded! Real-life works require collaboration and we Asian kids didn't get taught that, and so we suck at it. There's nothing to be proud of that.

[@irkedcs]

My school's emphasis on globalization really showed by just how many foreign students we had. Unforunately, the Chinese students seems to exlusively hang out with one another and it would be obivous who was from hongkong bc they would walk in big groups through campus on the left side of the sidewalk haha

[@jasonfung9516]

american government should never let any chinese students from mainland china to study technical subjects related to science and maths, but US should let those students to study only american literature and philosphy in american university,

[@nahor88]

*Me at the University gym when I need a spot* *sees a couple Chinese guys happily conversing in Mandarin* *I look all around the weight room and can't see anyone else free* Me: *sighs* Excuse me, would it be OK if I got a spot real quick? Chinese guy: *surprised Pikachu face*

[@牙仙本仙]

@@trackc61 because education in universities are education, education should be provided for everyone who deserves it. Allow smart people from all around the world to have their education is the only reason why America now has the best universities now. If they stop allowing people to take this education because of their nationalities, the development will be slow down which doesn't benefit anyone.

[@connorberman1701]

irked- facts

[@mobiuscoreindustries]

It is a cultural thing. No racism or anything, but it is linked to the way the han dynsaty assimilated the whole of china through cultural subversion. It was a way of living and seeing the world as much as it is a means of cultural shifting for conquest. Obviously before this was an agressive and directed thing towards local provinces you wanted to take over (and in mainlain china, it is still used, but in a far sinister and agressive way with their weigur minority) but it boils to only working, living and interacting with members of your own culture. Those who live with you, or want to interact with you have to be part of your culture. For the hans, it meant that a recently conquered people would be subjected to han culture for everything. Law, language, products, writing, mariage, everything. Eventually, over the course of generations, you would assimilate the region through scocial harmony, and simply repeat the process on the neighbor. This has carried on into the conglomerating of chinese comunities into exclusive groups, where the comunity has control of everything (laws, norms, buisnesses, and rewards). Obviously everyone know chinatowns and chinese schools, but it also work when they are doing buisness. When a port, factory, buisness or landmass is aquired, the local workforce is ususaly replaced by chineese workers, and all the wealth generated for the area is to be directed only to their comunity. Pretty simple really, be like us and profit, or don't be, and don't profit. That is pretty similar to how most of the empires of old did things, but really they are the only ones that still do it sucessfully today. Mainly because after WWII, most of these empire's culture shifted away from being nation centric to being individual centric, and that imposed cooperation and breaking down barriers. China at the time was in the middle of a civil war, and then was rulled by a totalitarian regime we still have to deal with to this day. As such they really never had this culture change and remain axed around scocial harmony, And really, when following this culture rewards you this much, why bother seeking something else? Really only hong kong, due to their injection of western ideals before the CCP got the territory back have had a change in culture, towards a unified, cooperative and hard working culture, but for the benefit of all individuals and betterment of one self, rather than devotion to a larger entity. In fact it also explains why hong kong fight so vehemently hard against china today, since the CCP has been trying to get their diverging culture back under control. That's the problem with individual focused culture, if exposed to it long enough it tends to stay. And when you try to take it away, it tends to explode hard.

[@kishore369]

How important is China? Polymater - *YES*

[@adamanyu474]

Most of Chinese students , or all Chinese parents just want their children learning the advanced knowleage and provided their children High-quality learning environment， just for the work for better life.

[@tkotecha5715]

Chinese students studying in USA, Canada, UK and Australia are from family members belonging to Chinese Communist Party. These CCP families send their children to Western countries because they do not have any confidence nor trust in the 3rd world, poor corrupt and incompetent Chinese Universities. Only ordinary poor Chinese families send their children to backward, poor, third world Chinese universities for education.

[@thetennisjournal]

One of my best friends was a Chinese foreign exchange student and all of this said seemed true. At the end, i think the university really screwed my friend with high debt and at the end the job prospects did not seem great.

[@klipklapklop3359]

It’s simple don’t be smart in a smart place Be smart in a dumb place

[@skskskskskssksksksks9544]

Dude that's literally how I roll lmao I go to the worst school and get in the worst class to be the 'top' in my class

[@freedomvirus5297]

Haha..that is what I do.

[@freedomvirus5297]

China top Unis are hard to get in. Those who flock outside China has a second chance.

[@Queen-qy4qc]

Rude

[@darksideorbit8898]

@@freedomvirus5297 All of the top universities are in the USA

[@denzeltan4190]

China: exists PolyMatter: _It’s free real estate_ But honestly tho, keep it up! I’m enjoying it:)

[@sebastianelytron8450]

He even threw in an Apple reference. Heaven for this guy must be being trapped in an Apple store in central China.

[@EugeneAyindolmah]

Vancover and Australia: _exist_ wealthy Chinese: _It's free real estate_

[@imakevideos5377]

yea but you cant buy real estate in china

[@imakevideos5377]

@@EugeneAyindolmah yep pretty much, i have no issue with this (as an australian) the chinese students are very nice and have a better view of australia than america.

[@kampase]

US, Canadian & UK Housing Market: exists Chinese millionaires: It’s free real estate

[@tstcikhthyss]

*Narrator:* SAT, AP, or IB. *ACT:* Huh?

[@KeooVAL]

**GCSE**: wut

[@KeooVAL]

@Finn Oh lolll

[@gustavsantos6225]

O ACT nos estados unidos não é levado a sério, não é sério(blogueirinha,2019) I know you didn't understand that.

[@KeooVAL]

@Angel Taylor British Sats

[@anotherlo8898]

LOL also Alevel

[@lexismith8206]

English in America is very difficult, especially on standarized testing.

[@parasthapa770]

LOL if only you knew about English Exams here in Australia

[@unlockwithjsr]

Same, I am an international student, and when I did the US SAT, I remember all of us in my high school in Kenya, we had amazing scores in Math but very poor in English, yet most American students were very good in English but not so good at Math, maybe it's because Math is more of Rote memory while English demands creativity and self-expression. Most international students aren't good at that. Like the education system of my country is all about cramming and passing exams, while I see US students create stuff and innovate, I admire the US model

[@MTC008]

while filipinos find it very easy lol

[@user-rx9ny4yo2e]

@Google Chat Moderator I have never seen a place where swear words were allowed in tests.

[@user-rx9ny4yo2e]

@Google Chat Moderator yes

[@riyadinho6795]

Not just USA some universities in the UK have like 30% Chinese students

[@rominaep8065]

@@88hyperman said no one ever. In my country they are the worst.

[@ninalym6328]

Deport them

[@mullim9860]

@@88hyperman I also study in Vancouver, though I am not Indien

[@minoena]

Yep, I know a Chinese exchange student and she’s graduating from college and going to England college next year

[@topmark4889]

Arsenal fan. good ebening

[@maylanjow8126]

China population is 1.4 billion, they're everywhere in the world not only US.

[@liiillllliiilllliilllliii9461]

Did you not see the video the majority are in the u.s

[@maylanjow8126]

@midgetydeath when their GDP per capital over USD 10K, they'll do the same, give them time.

[@pranavflame]

@@maylanjow8126 As an Indian I can confirm that some Indians will eventually migrate to every available country

[@chrissmith4444]

You're obviously Chinese.

[@leifc.6045]

It's an invasion or probably bringing in their spies.

[@StellarNemesis]

It's the same story in India. JEE is the exam, and IIT is the chain of colleges with 10,000 seats (including reservations). So, thousands of students emigrate to Canada and Australia for College. US is less favourable, as they don't easily provide citizenships.

[@indeedsussy7838]

But every one get equal chance to get higher education not like China if you fails it means you failed in life however that is not in India if you cannot get addmision in IIT there are many other prestige institutions where you can get addmision.

[@rtyyyooopp]

@@indeedsussy7838bong that's true in India we join local colleges if we don't make into premier ones because most of us can't afford foreign universities but many go out because of our poor education system but china seems like same as us.

[@indeedsussy7838]

@@rtyyyooopp the only difference between indian and Chinese is they have more money than indian and one can easily afford studying abroad and they don't even need to work part time there whereas only few people able to go out and most of them also have to work part time to support there turion fees

[@obsidianstatue]

@@indeedsussy7838 LOL wtf are you on about, the highest ranked indian university is IIT at 152, that's about the same as the 120th ranked Nanjing university in China, a second tier university. the best university in india is like a second rate university in China.

[@imjai345]

@@obsidianstatue Sundar Pichai (Google CEO) had studied in IIT . Satya Nadella (CEO Microsoft) studied in IIM. India has some of the best universities of the world. Do not check a university by ranking. Indian Universities lack quality in infrastructure but not in education.

[@princesse0920]

This makes me very thankful to live in America where I don’t even have to take a standardized test to get into a college. I always complain about school but watching videos like this makes me appreciate my school more.

[@Maelstrom3]

When I went to China on exchange to Fudan Uni (a C9 university), there were Chinese students who were completing a degree in a Western country and doing an exchange program in China to "attend" a pretigious university like Fudan

[@MeiinUK]

You have to see things in perspectives... if you read the wiki article about the number of university that China has and when it opened and started.. you can see that it was created only merely in the past 70 or 90 years... very new. So you can see the herd mentality in both the people, and the time twisting continuum.... some people don't even know what their position does in terms of jobs, or those educated won't know the possible systemic issues etc... In the West, the people may appear dumb, both their parents and the publishing sector backfills the rest ? There is no such a thing in China.... Really, even if there are actual skilled people, the commercialisation effect is tough to control. For example... some Western professionals praised some woman from China with a so called Nobel Prize, but yet... that medicine was already an actual TCM techniques already which so many people know. Without even going to school. So how come these people didn't get a nobel prize too but that elite person did ? Such is the kind of social issue of China today. I.e. Who to award with titles and money, and who not to. China has a big inequality issue..... big big one. The famous line. ...from Deng.... "make some people rich first and then the rest will follow"..... but those who made it rich kept their money and the poor then didn't want to progress any more. And that equal chance group now has become shame..... If China does not address this shame.... or that those with money, is not ethical, and do not also twist things back round, the society will have a big issue. From all people who are equal to both extremely unequal.

[@0wnter1d1ck]

Damn they playing chess not checkers

[@yungkuromi]

“Ask questions is disrespectful to the teacher” I went to a school where kids would beat up the teachers.

[@paulmakinson1965]

It is not about respect for the teacher, it is about not losing face.

[@iluvubb247]

Also, that’s why some students are left behind too and stay stuck probably. Poor students, not every one is born with the same speed and intelligence and etc

[@sugakookies8063]

Kevin Smith Your comment is so inaccurate that I’m wondering if we’re even talking about the same thing😂

[@chrisp7110]

@@paulmakinson1965 Amen to that :) Muricans wouldnt know that stuff even if they tried

[@lemonybasil9423]

@@chrisp7110 I bet you are a self hating American

[@william2chao]

US thought those Chinese Student will take democracy with them back to China. But most of them ended up staying.

[@vishwanathbhat3019]

@@im_bchen Are you the member of 50 cent army? Because I have seen you defending Ccp in a lot of videos

[@tyvernoverlord5363]

@@im_bchen only 49, oh okay red chinese communist agent...

[@MrValentineYT]

@@im_bchen please stop talking, your not on a streak he just didn't respond yet and is probably asleep. Secondly your original comment about William Chao being an American spy is so stupid that I actually lost brain cells reading it. Also we all know that China's numbers are wrong, as most of their numbers are pretty much only people in the cities. The worst part is that they could have you know actually fixed the problem before it got worse instead of trying to hide it and causing it to get worse. Also wtf does "Freedom brain" even mean, if that is supposed to be an insult to Americans then either you are actually retarded, or you are just trolling which in that case good job. Imagine stroking your own ego publicly just because someone probably just fell asleep listening to your retarded bullshit. (Btw I don't agree with everything that Tyvern said so don't put that on me)

[@MrValentineYT]

SsexyChinese ok

[@christopheredwards1273]

Bringing democracy back to China is impossible right now. Almost important resources is controlled by the government in the excuse of national security and nationalism. In addition, any action to trying to spread ing democracy will be monitored and most of them are threatened in various forms. As ordinary people, I have no idea and courage to make changes about this country. For the second thought, I just wanna better life for my own family.

[@Shovlaxnet]

12:03 America's so good it has 181 universities in the top 100 🇱🇷God bless the USA🇲🇾

[@honkhonk8009]

Yeah US got hella good Universities. Simultaneously being the best at everything and being worse at everything is litterally a national identity for the US lmfao.

[@iamdoor2561]

The flag on the left is Puerto Rican if I’m not mistaken and the flag on the right is definitely Malaysian lol.

[@Shovlaxnet]

@@iamdoor2561 Liberian - which makes sense! They were colonized by us

[@iamdoor2561]

@@Shovlaxnet But I would not be ignoring that Malaysian flag anytime though...

[@jonathanng138]

Damn didnt expect to see Malaysia here as a Malaysian, I wanna leave this shit hole country as soon a possible

[@w8ingsim43]

Personnally speaking, I came to Canada for univercity because I will not be qualified for Chinese univercities.

[@AJ-iu6nw]

Perhaps your Mandarin is worse than your English

[@w8ingsim43]

@@julianatlas5172 guess my point is proven

[@w8ingsim43]

@@AJ-iu6nw not really, I just sucks at self control, but somehow I got 92% as final grade in Canadian high school, Canadian high school curriculum is just easier.

[@nihouma11]

@@w8ingsim43 Glad you're still able to pursue a path to higher education! It is important for everyone to have that opportunity the world over. Good luck with university :)

[@ani3y615]

drewdy wait..how can his mandarin be worse if he clearly is fluent in it?

[@SevericK_BooM]

I agree to this, every Chinese exchange student my school ever had were filthy rich, and academically jaded.

[@wtr0]

Not true, there are two types: The filthy rich flexers (who usually don't care much about studies), and the hardworking, middle class students who are usually extremely intelligent and diligent.

[@raider968]

To be fair, would a poor family send their kid overseas to study? Universities are extremely expensive and international students have to pay everything upfront. No poor person could afford that. So of course most international students are from affluent families.

[@s45gr32]

@@raider968 That is what I was thinking. There is no way a poor Chinese family going to be able to afford international school tuition.

[@AlvinC-sz3li]

It is mostly true for high school exchange students, but barely in college or graduate school

[@HerocowTheRusher]

@@raider968 Middle class families may struggle a lot in the process of transitioning overseas, often choosing to come over is a gamble that you put all your money into, but a reasonable amount of middle class families are able to handle it with some measure of hard work. The language barrier is often the biggest issue in the end.

[@imyasharya]

This reminded me of how students do the same in India. They prepare themselves a lot for the entrance exam to IIT but only few gets selected.

[@siglan6148]

The US should be taking Indian students over Chinese students. Indian people are way more respectful, less insular, and India is an ally of the US so we wouldn't have to be too concerned about spying. China also has an immoral culture focused on getting ahead at any cost.

[@pewpew9711]

@@siglan6148 Big facts right here. We do military training and technology development with India, so why not accept more of their students to make both of our countries better.

[@meghanachauhan9380]

@@siglan6148 aww that's so sweet of you. But as an Indian I prefer cleaning the mess in our own country and creating educational institutions that can compete on global level. In our already hyper competetive world, it wouldnt be a good practice if Americans had to compete with foreigners in job markets. I guess it'll be better for both our countries if each country develops it's own educational sector than having to export it's students to other countries

[@siglan6148]

@@meghanachauhan9380 That's even better, I wish India the best in the future.

[@knockknock2229]

@@siglan6148 I'm an Indian,I think everyone should allowed to study irrespective of their origin and financial constraints doesn't allow that much people from India to study in abroad

[@yanzhangmd]

It is very important that people from both countries to learn from each other. That builds understanding and easier negotiation. These two cultures really need to influence each other.

[@thetiredworm2100]

Ya I agree a bit, I think honestly, from observation, there is a lack of knowledge amongst Americans, I don’t think it necessarily needs to get stricter, but rather a more efficient style of teaching needs to be put in place, whatever that is, Chinese tend to be better at math and science, however their style of education is much too strict. School is important, but it’s not the only important thing in life

[@iwhatwasthelastnell8829]

@@thetiredworm2100 Really I think the issue is that the level of teaching/curriculum level seems to shift slightly from one state to the next. For example, I grew up in a Eastern state. The curriculum in such state, when studying history at least, deals with global studies and introspective studies (US soley). Nevertheless, in other Southern and Western states, there is alot of information that us stretched out, so they learn and have the ability to retain less information about foreign entities.

[@xiahualiu]

Yes, sure after studying for 2 years in US all my social accounts in China were banned due to “illegal political propagation” when I tried to defend my Taiwan friends from insults from mainland China. I said “living in Taiwan does not mean he is a traitor”, and got reported and permly banned. Now there is full bs about US and other countries on all Chinese social media and the gov just let them grow. I have to say at least 90% people in China think the villain US is bullying China and never want to know about the world other than China. CCP is manipulating all things in China, they don’t give you a chance to talk freely, they mute anyone if they perform a little difference from what they called the mainline moral which is made by themselves.

[@doujinflip]

The problem is the CPC deems American culture as fundamentally threatening, and actively discourages the Chinese people from seeing and absorbing Western media without the Party's commentary on how inferior and imposing the foreigners are. The US by contrast has always been open, or at least never closed off; Even before the lifting of racial immigration quotas there have been active and vibrant Chinatowns since before the Civil War. Nowadays it's a near everyday instance to interact with Chinese people, but usually it's those who read traditional script and speak Cantonese/Minnan/Taiwanese Mandarin -- with modern Mainlanders takes a lot more effort to get to the individual underneath and expand more than what we can simply see by ourselves on CGTN or People's Daily.

[@RobertMJohnson]

chinese nationals study in the US so that they can drop a few spies into US institutions

[@w00borg34]

"whereas in american college, students start getting serious" LMAOO alright bud

[@MattHawk5.0]

i think he meant, if they choose to get serious, thats when they do it. lol

[@Mike__B]

Well on average... yeah they do. Because they find out they can't just slack off like they did in high school and get a passing grade, doesn't mean they turn into super students... they just well turn into students.

[@rubiconcrossing4480]

@@Mike__B I have slacked off more in college than I have in high school. I literally have a midterm tomorrow that I'm studying for right now

[@Mike__B]

@@rubiconcrossing4480 Out of curiosity, what year are you in college?

[@rubiconcrossing4480]

Mike B 4th year electrical engineering student. The midterm is in American History.

[@poorlittlesheep4098]

My parents are open-minded enough to send me to the US for high school and college. I'd like to point out something the video didn't mention. You can't just put all Chinese international students into one category. Based on my experience, there're three. 1. Rich family with spoiled kids: they don't need to go through the pain of Gaokao (which they will most likely fail), and send the kids so they, at the very least, can learn another language. These are where the stereotypes come from. They usually go back to China after graduation, if they could graduate that is. Typical universities: UC (except for berkeley, LA), xxx State University, etc. 2. Decent family with decent kids: the parents know well the flaws of Chinese educations, and send the kids to broaden their horizon and have a better future. Around 50/50 stays in US or go back to China, depending on personal values. Typical universities: UTexas Austin, U Mich, UCLA, etc. 3. Average family with excellent kids: Cinderella story, self-explanatory. They earn their tuition by financial aids. Very likely to settle down in the US and bring their family with them. Typical schools: MIT, Caltech, Ivies, you get the idea, mostly hardcore tech schools. Edit: No offense to any of the "typical schools", state universities are huge, not saying all the crazy riches are there, but relatively speaking, you're more likely to find a rich oil businessman's son in UC Irving than in MIT. And of course these are highly summarized, there sure are poor family with stupid kids, and I personally know geniuses whose parents are crazy rich too, there's just no limit to their future. So next time when you're labeling Chinese students, at least try to think about this and ask why they do what they do.

[@TheJuggernaut88]

Yeah i went to college in Southern California and i saw the whole spectrum on chinese students. It's just easy to clump the bad ones together because they stand out so much. the good kids are in the library studying or keeping their heads down being productive. the bad kids are driving around in their loud fancy cars, wearing expensive clothes/jewelry, and smoking outside the buildings. I once witnessed a chinese kid super loud on his phone in the library, stuff like that really leaves an impression on people. UC Irvine does have the title of "University of Chinese Immigrants". No judgement, im just saying i've seen the good and bad.

[@caribbeanbreeze3361]

Way too many Chinese you'll need to go back to your country and fight for freedom cowards.

[@nswinoz3302]

@Caribbean Breeze. I find it difficult to see how prejudice some people must be to make your statement. This is how Australia treated its Chinese students at one particular point in time and today we have significant numbers studying here! Australian Prime Minister - Bob Hawke promised to allow Chinese students to stay in Australia after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, he made this statement after receiving a cable from the embassy setting out in graphic detail what had happened on 4 June 1989. Apparently some 44,000 were eventually given full visa status to become residents of this country. We have the highest intake of refugees per capiter in the world post WWII, but also have one of the toughest points based immigration system for people to be granted residential visa to come and live here (almost the opposite). Our census states that 50% of the population have one parent born overseas and 29% of the entire population were born overseas themselves, myself included. We have few issues with the Chinese who call Australia home and generate $32 Billion AUD per year from all our international students studying in this country in a not for profit sector. USA could do a lot worst in fixing its own trade deficit with China than to allow more students in? Oh! Before you jump to any assumptions English born from Irish parents married to Australian born of Dutch parents. I have no issues with any culture that tries to give its children a better life with a good education and neither should anyone else. NSW in Oz

[@chonew6746]

l agree with your viewpoint.

[@raina2311]

Yes, totally, I think because the economy has been doing well, we are having a spectrum of students, from economics background to focus of their studies. I have seen Chinese students who study arts as well (not only tech and science). There are different combinations too. I have met a girl who owned 2 condos downtown Atlanta, and she was going to Emory at the time. She was very humble and sweet. Not all rich kids are assholes lol

[@gabbyvelasquez3767]

i go to an art school in canada and i didnt think there would be SO MANY international students from china and korea. they stand out like a sore thumb because they're very rich looking (nice clothes), and they all hang out in packs with people from their country. the times ive spoken to them they have really thick accents and difficultly understanding english so i guess thats why they choose to stick to people who speak their language. but it confuses me, like, if you can't speak the language why would you come to canada of all places to study art of all things?

[@peterwang5272]

Because they don't have to compete so hard everyday in China like me to get a diploma.

[@zihengli2638]

The reason is very simple. In China, in most cases, only those who behaves poorly in academics goes to learn art. Especially for those rich kids, they learn art abroad just to avoid the ruthless competition in China and get a degree easily. Many colleges abroad know that so they offer some very easy, low quality but expansive programs to make money from them.

[@minoena]

@Srika Redhouse english and french?

[@user-xs4hv4vg7c]

hey just a korean passing by (and im trying to study abroad with a low budget). S Korea universities asks students for representable test scores on social studies and natural sciences even if you’re considering your major in art, films, music, gymnastics etc. I think the students you talked to may not have the ‘representable’ scores. In scale of 1 to 9 (1 in the best), you would get a 6 even if you scored 90% on your test, and yes this one is based on my experience. Your grades do not depend on test scores, it depends on the PERCENTILE.

[@arthas640]

Going to US, Canada, or the EU for school is very prestigious in most non western countries, if you're Chinese for example and go to an American college that's sort of like having an Ivy League diploma. Japan is another country who's schools are extremely prestigious for foreigners but South Korea and China hate Japan so they rarely go there for schooling. Rich Chinese parents will pay top dollar to special schools who'll get their kid into an American school and teach them basic English to do it, and Canada (mainly Vancouver) is a less popular, but still good choice for them. Once a Chinese kid gets back home with a diploma from a western school he's much more likely to get a good job, sort of like if you're an American and apply to work someone with a degree from Yale.

[@caesar7734]

I’m from the UK and a lot of foreign Chinese students attend our universities as well.

[@wilsonli5642]

I get the impression that for richer Chinese families, having a kid study and work overseas is a way to establish a foothold to build up offshore wealth that can't be taxed or seized by the Chinese government for whatever reason. I've also heard that it's pretty hard for average citizens in China to invest private wealth, so the relative openness of Western markets is attractive aside from the tax issue.

[@wilsonli5642]

@acrobatsutr How many people really consider the impact - direct or indirect - of their investments or consumption habits? Do you?

[@kingkylie9655]

this is true my friend had the same opinion and theyre chinese

[@kingkylie9655]

@acrobatsutr this is dangerous. ppl always blame foreigners for their own inadequacies. this is what happened to the jews. dont go down this hateful road it will only make u ignorant and bigoted. westerners can always go to china and establish wealth there as a foreigner very easily.

[@stephenhui3948]

Wi

[@ShidaiTaino]

Andrej Ginovski tell that to people who can’t afford their rent

[@jamsonren9640]

So true, I was at the bottom of ranks at schools back in Shanghai, and last 9 years of school in u.s. (Chicago) I was always on top

[@01124]

Same in india

[@nextwenxd4777]

Ngl illionois is so easy I used to live in Indiana and I felt like I was in the was the wrong grade.

[@jamsonren9640]

​@@alexribeno1612 just enjoying my superiority to you mutts. Long Live China :)

[@thetecno5800]

@@jamsonren9640 Ironic considering that my Chinese classmates study 24/7 while I play on my Xbox and I still get much much higher grades than them 😀.

[@christopherqu7383]

@@thetecno5800 good job?

[@pengfeili3326]

Reason 1: US has much more and much better educational resource over China; Reason 2: Chinese families are getting rich at rocket speed and still value education over other properties; Reason 3: Chinese people have a extremely good impression on US. The three reasons are sufficient and necessary conditions. And the conclusion doesn’t hold water if missing any of the three.

[@donttalkcrap]

Strange that you profess to know, yet you clearly have never studied overseas - at least not in an English-speaking country. Reason 1: US has *many* more, and -much- -better- higher educational -resource- *standards* -over- *than* China; Reason 2: Chinese families are getting rich at rocket speed and still value education over other properties; *(properties? are you talking about real estate properties???)* Reason 3: Chinese people have -a- *an* extremely good impression -on- *of* US. (I am guessing you meant to say *of*. If not, then perhaps you meant to say, *upon* ) Even minor grammatical errors change the entire meaning of what you are trying to say. Which is why no-one can trust Chinese to tell the truth.

[@pengfeili3326]

@@donttalkcrap Great! At least, my opinion is shared with others here via English language, and apparently had exchange with you. Thanks for pointing out the grammar errors. But some of them changed what I mean. Reason 1: donttalkcrap edits: US has many more, and -much- -better- higher educational -resource- *standards* over *than* China; (I mean to say that US has many more high-quality educators, high-quality education methodologies, and high-quality colleges/universities. That's why I use "resource", a uncountable noun) Reason 2: Chinese families are getting rich at rocket speed and still value education over other properties; (donttalkcrap comments: properties? are you talking about real estate properties???) (I mean to say *properties*. The real estate property is just one kind of properties. Houses, cars, furnitures, home appliances, what we play, what we wear, and what we eat are all properties.)

[@admmmanta5807]

@@pengfeili3326 everything you said is the truth ,he maybe is from Bangladesh or india so he is jealous cuz he cannot afford an overseas education Booohoooo

[@fionazhang9308]

you are biased!

[@creamsoda6427]

donttalkcrap Lmao

[@daiharry8466]

very insightful, also it’s worth to mention that most Asian countries are overcrowded which makes education + early stages of career highly competitive. Korea, Japan are equally stressful but only less population

[@rifat6049]

so is india, bangladesh, pakistan .. and pretty much all of southeast asia

[@kameha_pandamusic9284]

Polymatter: "how do universities make money?" Every Student Ever: *Those Damn Textbooks!!*

[@0000-z4z]

In Germany, it depends on the subject. Law: In the lecture, I tell only half of what you need to pass the test. The rest is in my book, which you can buy for only 400€! Physics: There are ten different books, which are all good. Just download them for free from inside the University internet.

[@NCT127xx]

but the money you pay for your textbooks doesn't even go to your university, it goes to the authors and the publisher

[@rhythmray7429]

3rd month of the semester haven't bought a textbook yet xD

[@emsnewssupkis6453]

These useless books should be on the internet at marginal price. Of course, the schools are all corrupt and cling to easy money making scams. I never bought a textbook in college back in the 1960's, we all shared, after all, we all lived in a commune at Berkeley and did our school work in the kitchen (where I, the only female, lived at that time) and we all did very well.

[@chrisp7110]

Tuition and Texbooks now. It used to be just Textbooks, but seeing how much tuition is now, its everything from textbooks, dorms, tuition, use of facilities (if your school charges for them like gym memberships and so on. My School charges a flat fee on every student for gym regardless if you use it or not.)

[@AminiumMusics]

PolyMatter: How many China-related videos should I make? Also PolyMatter: Yes.

[@piup5]

I really hope you're just making fun of these comment formats

[@AminiumMusics]

@@piup5 sometimes it's okay to be cheesy - just having some fun (:

[@unifieddynasty]

I can imagine the insurance call: 'Hi, I'd like to insure myself against not having enough Chinese people around.'

[@Vandarte_translator]

Operator: Wr'll fix it right away. (sends 10k more chinese students) These 🅱ois and Grills are top students.

[@sumairbajwa7284]

Very main difference is Asian education system: Theory Theory and Theory (make them memorize), European Education system: Treat them as human not as robots.

[@sampleentry5253]

Europe can do this because they don't have to deal with literal billions of people competing for few jobs. In that way, Europe (and to an extent, North America), is privileged. When you have to filter the talents/competencies of billions, then rote memorization is the fastest and most efficient way to run the filter as quickly as possible. European/American education emphasizes independence, which I would argue is more important than mindless memorization for modern companies, but that is incredibly slow and carries an inherent risk of not having much educational oversight.

[@tiongdoraemon5771]

bruh that's literally how china and singapore got very successful idiot

[@electronicbamboo6764]

It’s the US not europe

[@pranavkondapalli9306]

@@sampleentry5253 there is no authority that creates jobs based on how much you got from rote memorizing. Its based on entreprenuership and start-ups. Doesn't matter if you have gotten 99.9% in college, if there's no one to hire you, there's no one to hire you. Europe is 'privileged' cause it dedicates a lot of school/college time for making a good entreprenuer. India/China on the other hand don't, which is what creates limited jobs. You need to have experience, know what you're doing and most importantly, have a good enough passion to learn something, to get a job, or maybe even to make a startup to make more jobs. The rigid system of rote memorization will *never* create more jobs than there already are, and due to a broken economic system and corruption, many of these asian startups will have fierce competition by already well off companies paying bribes to eliminate said competition. Unless there's a good environment and good education system for startups, you're rarely going to see many. And by extension the job pool is further going to be limited

[@connectingthedots1309]

China will make europe look lika joke in future

[@fjellyo3261]

There are many Chinese students here in Germany aswell.

[@imakevideos5377]

in australia we have so many international students not just chinese but also indian students (their numbers are growing faster than chinese students) and just generally asian students. its pretty cool actually

[@nuklearboysymbiote]

is that a bad thing

[@fjellyo3261]

@@nuklearboysymbiote nope. It's just a fact :)

[@nuklearboysymbiote]

@@fjellyo3261 nice

[@ethank.6602]

@@imakevideos5377 if youve got an Asian fetish its cool.

[@米豆腐-z2b]

The only reason: the domestic examination failed,Foreign universities rank high.Those who really go abroad to learn knowledge are study for phd.

[@Phoenix3391]

hey man, I appreciate this video. Very well done. I can't say I'm not biased since I am Chinese and proud of it, but I was also born in the US and am currently in university now. I know both sides of the picture, as my parents have taken their Gaokaos and were the first wave of people to study abroad. Thank you for this. It puts a lot of things I've been thinking about into words.

[@obiechan8994]

Phoenix3391 You are a Chinese American or simply an American because you were born in the USA

[@RobertMJohnson]

chinese nationals come to the US to study in order to place spies in the US

[@ingore9021]

Can we appreciate that Singapore is top on all these lists

[@fantastic180]

Very good and decent explanation about Chinese students study aboard in US. I am Chinese and I am impressed by this video's explanation. Very nice video.

[@yashmoitra]

_hold up_

[@imakevideos5377]

@@yashmoitra vpn bro, i have never known a chinese who does not know what they are although they may not have one

[@嗷大喵-p4f]

yeah, your are right

[@dvf1736]

@Lucifer Maou it's illegal like jaywalking in illegal in the US. It's not enforced and they let it happen since many businesses need it and many people use it anyway. It's to block out the simple folk. They know they can't stop the ones who truly want to access the internet. There are too many and they often are too smart. So rather than fight a useless war they just gave up

[@陈晓帆-s2r]

Eagle J. Using VPN in China is like using drugs in U.S., where it is illegal but not heavily enforced

[@sleepysuperman]

3:30, Singapore topped all 3 categories., wow!!

[@klipklapklop3359]

Yeap but for the 2018 PISA China topped all 3 categories dropping Singapore to 2nd

[@skskskskskssksksksks9544]

Bro I feel shit as a Singaporean lol

[@jimmychoo1661]

China failed badly behind USA and Russia in reading. Either they can’t see well or read.

[@junyouhans]

As a Singaporean I felt like it is a good country but just casual,till I saw that score I knew I was living in a Asian parent country though my parents aren’t like those

[@share_accidental]

when you’re a singaporean but suck at your studies 😂 i definitely didn’t contribute to these stats...

[@mbkn5h]

3:38 As a Chinese, born and raised, I have full confidence to say that no teacher in the country wants a silent classroom. Every single teacher I met asked the students to raise as many questions as possible. And my classmates would cheer for anyone who asked a valuable question and would consider the person smart. What you said in this part of the video never happened in my life. I wonder where you heard that from.

[@yzhang9198]

I absolutely agree with you on the first half, but from what I've experienced as I grew up in China, the fear of asking questions because of the potential consequence of being regarded as a dumb student is also real. In fact, I've even had a teacher in high school who literally called out student for asking dumb questions in class and let everyone in that class to laugh at him. I'm happy for you to not experience any of it, but I would argue that what was mentioned in the video certainly exists, and perhaps not-so-rare.

[@tynao2029]

this is basically anti-Chinese propaganda video

[@mbkn5h]

@@yzhang9198 I would like to know more about the teacher you mentioned. Why did she/he call out students to do that? What for?

[@RetardskillMe]

China is a large country. Education standards vary place by place. Same for the teachers. Some can be real shit-holes.

[@erickzamudio1130]

Byron Gong there are good Asians and there are lots and lots of endless bad Asians but I think you might of been raised by a nice one

[@JeanAlesiagain3]

I'm a Software Engineer, born in South America. I lead a team of engineers in a U.S. based company. In our team we have American, Chinese, Mexican, and Australian nationals. I love working with Chinese people because they do everything I tell them just like I tell them, nice and fast! They work on weekends without being asked. They are very smart. Americans have advanced social skills. They will tell you when they disagree with you. They are easy to exchange ideas with.They have really good organizational skills. They are also very smart. I know you cannot generalize. This is simply a recount of my experience. I think we greatly benefit from this diversity.

[@RobertMJohnson]

there are few things funnier to me than ANYONE thinking that there aren't incredibly smart/talented students from every major country. not that you insinuated this at all, Jean, but for everyone else: there are incredible talents from EVERYWHERE. there is no "best place" or "smartest place". i've seen the smartest motherfuckers from Spain, China, India, Pakistan, Syria, England, Ireland, Belgium, Mexico, the US, etc etc etc

[@theylied1776]

We have a client that is a real estate developer, last year we handled the financing for a student housing facility near a University. We did a walk through insurance inspection, almost 40% of the students in that facility were from China.

[@tynao2029]

that is why all of the Anti-China sentiment and racism in USA is so idiotic, the Chinese give the American education system all of their money (foreign has to be much more than in-state students), the Chinese pay for all of the real estate development that comes from housing the students, and everything the Americans want domestically such as their iPhones, Apple products, everything in WalMart, everything off Amazon, is made in China. China and USA are best friends but they need to embrace it, learn from eachother, improve eachother's faults and help eachother, instead of this basic level of xenophobia and racism

[@theylied1776]

@@tynao2029 It's not Xenophobia. We just don't like Communism.

[@tynao2029]

@@theylied1776 then you are living in the wrong country, the USA is the most communist country of all

[@theylied1776]

@@tynao2029 How exactly is the United States communist?

[@ShidaiTaino]

theylied1776 and are the Germans Fascists

[@blasm1713]

Not only América, they also come to Europe, half my faculty is Chinese. I study in Madrid, Spain

[@bekycybille1889]

5

[@donttalkcrap]

In my year of 198 students, there are 16 local, 45 India, 27 indonesian and the rest Chinese. Locals make up 9% - the other 91% are asian.

[@blasm1713]

@@donttalkcrap where are u from? What University?

[@hihi-zh2sc]

we have 14billions people,u need to understand

[@---mx7lc]

nina lym Ok... you can be first!

[@limerence8365]

You know something is wrong when military funding is ten times or more the funding for education, and that country isn't even in a major war.

[@Chiphunk]

In fairness to them, they have one of the biggest targets painted on their back too and are involved in support roles in conflicts that are global in scale. That's not to say they don't overdo it to a silly scale, but I understand why the statistics lean the way they do when you account for all of the many facets "military spending" covers in their case.

[@RaveYoda]

@Stephen Jenkins "Also, the US has global responsibilities in its many allies." Trump: "Hold my beer."

[@stephenlee1664]

@Stephen Jenkins I don't think it's that bad of an idea to roll back on our global police attitude. Just maybe doing it with a bit of subtletly rather than a full frontal punch to the face approach would have been better.

Well, the US rule (or used to rule) the world so it makes sense for them.

[@lindafukuyu5767]

US spends way more $$$ for Military than Education.

[@don24864]

Bruh I had Chinese foreign exchange students as my group project teammates and let me tell ya, every single one had on the Balenci Balenci & Goyard drip everywhere they went. They treated their $2,000 shoes, bags, & purses like scraps lmao but overall very chill people to talk to even though it was difficult for them to speak English. I miss college :(

[@kaseywahl]

I've been teaching in a Chinese high school in Beijing for 2 years. Wow! What a well-researched, thoughtfully organized video. My students are preparing to study abroad in the US right now, and so many of these concerns arise on a nearly daily basis. I'm impressed by how much I can confirm from my experience and how much I've learned on top of it. Thanks for making me a better-informed teacher.

[@GSLY72]

@Wazzup www.economicshelp.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/co2-emissions-per-capita.png

[@marjolainezhong3654]

Wazzup You should thank Chinese students and Chinese tourists for their contribution to your GDP!

[@qncsc]

this is not a great video. there is a lot that could be clarified. and a lot that is not really accurate. otherwise, i don't know what all your enthusiasm is for.

[@秦杨-c4t]

@Sam but product made in China is so cheap and well

[@RobertMJohnson]

how many future spies are in your classes

[@haotianxie6684]

I came to study in the us when I was 14, and I wasn’t sent here because I am not good at studying, I was always in the top 2% at my school (no.1 middle school in my city) in terms of grades, and my teachers were very confident that if I continued my studying in China I would be able to attend a 985 school (top 30 in China). However I came here because I really want to escape Gaokao... The stress is truly horrific and I don’t want a single metric to judge my value as a college candidate. Moreover it is shameful to repeat a grade in China, hence most people would only take gaokao once. Most people literally have just one shot at gaokao. Nevertheless I do still think gaokao is a good method to level the playing field. Even for a family as well off as mine, I can’t gain any unfair advantage, hence kids from wealthy families have to study just as hard to get in a decent school. Ofc they would still have an advantage in terms of resources like private tutor, better nutrition for cognitive growth, less worrying about hardships in life etc. but the work still has to be put in. Unlike what happens here in the us. Wealthy families and legacy students are admitted with lowered standard or no standard at all, racial quotas enable low performers from minority groups to get in prestigious schools with mediocre grade. At least gaokao provides an equal opportunity, not just forcibly aiming for equal results and granting unfair privileges to wealthy people. I still remember back in high school, there were these two friends of mine, one of whose parents graduated from U Mich, he got in U Mich with a gpa of a measly 3.1, and the other was ethically African, got in Stanford with worse grade than I got and I got rejected by both schools with higher grade, harder classes taken, better extracurricular and letters of recommendation 😑. Luckily Berkeley accepted me after initially placing me on the waitlist (that Stanford guy got in straight), but that experience still left a sour taste in my mouth. I don’t hate the players and I’m still friend with those two, but the US university admission process is, in my opinion, not as impartial as that of the Chinese, and sometimes quite infuriating. But the Chinese system is too monotonously focused on a singular aspect of a student (gaokao grade) and stressful. I guess it still comes down to picking your own poison.

[@kiwi_juice0]

yeah im american and i agree, the affirmative action based on race is really unfair :/. Admission should be based on skill, not skin color.

[@hanhai8515]

lol I just read through your essay and I have a similar experience

[@amc9437]

Interesting comment, thanks for sharing your experience!

[@shadowyshadow6498]

@David Hutchins That's not my experience at all with Chinese people

[@tynao2029]

@David Hutchins because STEM (science technology engineering mathematics) is a universal language based in numbers, not a stupid, useless nationalistic language. Do you ever wonder why after 25 years in USA, most Americans cant even speak their own language, let alone Chinese?

[@mfgJoseph]

The factual part about China is mostly true, but 3:48 “to ask questions is to disrespect your teacher”? I went to school in China and this is the first time I’ve heard of this BS

[@abcxyz6606]

There is so much BS in this video. It take some extreme examples and presents it as a norm, especially the chinese college exam and education culture.

[@liangryan]

utube viewer yeah this video makes it sounds like all chinese people are nerds and aren’t creative...

[@1994rastaboy]

Did you study with another international students, like a language course? Because it's different. I actually got my bachelor's degree in Chinese university, and all of the things he's saying in the video is completely true. No one ever asks questions during the class and sits in total silence.

[@paulryan5984]

@@1994rastaboy And also with the social credit score system on the way, there will be no questions at all because of fear.

[@mfgJoseph]

@@1994rastaboy I don't see how your college experience in China supports the assertion that “to ask questions (in Chinese high schools) is to *disrespect your teacher* ”. To address your concern: I attended school there for 16 years.

[@Indiansareallpajeets]

I am Chinese and I come to the US to study because I love American culture and environment.And I want to experience different things and meet more diverse interesting people, and I have an American dream.❤

[@user-vw4hs5px3s]

How's the neighborhood safety there? I am asking cuz I'd like to study in the US one day too, but the robbery and shootings I saw on the internet is horrible and terrifying

[@PlayWaves1]

You are welcome 👍

[@heyitsritzy7629]

I went to the Fay School (shown at 5:13) and I can confirm. So many of my peers there were boarding students from China. Imagine moving across the world for school in the seventh grade, wack.

[@4godand4thegays73]

HeyItsRitzy your parents payed over $40,000 so YOU could attend that school? I don't feel like you of all people should be pointing fingers

[@HenningGu]

3:48 That's very noticeable with some of them coming here.

[@xtsulunarphere3889]

this point in the video gets far-fetched, most of us just feel what if we ask a super stupid question.

[@campkira]

they are chinese... they are everywhere....

[@derekjohn4412]

Students from any country coming to study in the West are backdoor immigrants using the system as a loophole to circumvent the immigration procedures.

[@choltrig]

Massive number of Chinese students in the UK

[@lordvenom4419]

Ohh its a shamefull

[@senzuu7465]

@Sam The Chinese like taking advantage of weak liberal governments.. So Canadian universities are filled with Chinese immigrants 🙃

[@stevenglowacki8576]

I"m surprised by the fact that the jump was in 2008. When I went to a public university grad school in 2004 (Wayne State in Detroit), the place was absolutely swarming with Chinese, although I suppose it really just had a lot of different international students, and since China has a lot of people, it had more people in the program. There were very few American students in my classes compared to when I was an undergrad in a private school.

[@masterimbecile]

8:55 is a pun. 海龜 (hai3 gui1) means sea turtle, which returns to land to lay eggs. On the other hand, 海歸 is a homonym (same pronunciation), but is a shortened form of 2 words together: 海外 (hai3 wai4, "ocean beyond" i.e. foreign) and 歸來 (gui1 lai2, return). As a whole, the pun means "return from beyond the seas", as sea turtles would once they are mature and can return home to contribute.

[@th2315]

just think high education as a profitable industry, we Chinese paid 25k for each semester to study in UofT, without that money been put into research funds, the university could not maintain its level and standard.

[@abditus5842]

Is that the University of Texas? Did you see that Bo Mao a professor at UT was arrested for stealing and exporting secrets to Huawei. Last year a University of Tennessee professor Anming Hu was arrested for stealing secrets and sending them to China. Seven professors have been arrested in the last 18 months. So screw the funds wumao.

[@th2315]

@@abditus5842 no, it's university of Toronto, one of the best in Canada(for sure the highest world-ranked in Canada (what chinese people care most)). For a totalling 60,000 undergrads university, there are 10,000 international students from CHina, I can only see Chinese students in statistics and maths classes, which is crazy.... the tution for international student is around 60,000 CAD a year while for local students is 3,000.

[@condexom3555]

hwa lil / because our kids now want to learn easy courses not maths,physics etc..even my kids really like maths , but they listened to their idiot friends around them to learn something easier so you can earn money fast and easy.

[@th2315]

@@condexom3555 Man, I'm actually happy to see that your son picked his favoured subject, and believe me, if he turned out doesn't like that subject, he still have the freedom to change. And it's good to see someone disclose what he would devote to when he is young. I personally didn't have that kind of freedom, so I picked what most CHinese people tend to choose, maths, statistics. And I didn't like maths at all, the reason most people think asians are good at maths, especially chinese people, is because they are required to do tons of computational homework in high school, and in university, the material gets more proof-orientated, so it's crazy boring. I happened to learn some history courses in third year and find that humanities and social sciences are interesting and stimulate my critical thinking in way I never had before. Also from my own observations, the program-picking is also somehow related to governmental propaganda, people who studies maths and statistics are lessly like to seek for any radical social changes (compare with those who learn history, social science, political science, laws ), we chinese students were told to learn more mathematical subjects by the society cause that's the only subject can find us employment. And the chinese society biased on people who learn humanities. Our only standard is see education as a tool to profit, which is really sad. But after I lived in western country for four years, I started to see that in the end most of these mathematical computations, analysis will be taken place by AI and machine learning. quote from one of my liked movie 'We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

[@tymandude1510]

That's a big reason Canada let's foreign exchange students in. Honestly I see at as a win win, we get funding for better education and you get access to to our schools.

[@mayainverse9429]

3:38 US isnt even on the math chart lol. guess thats why our politicians cant figure out how to balance the budget.

[@RJDA.Dakota]

Modern schools don’t know how to teach math/arithmetic

[@cainmayn944]

But still doing way better than a majority of countries

[@lesleylee3755]

@@cainmayn944 You guys can't even beat China , considering how many Chinese there are,just admit it, American education (education below University)sucks

[@cainmayn944]

@@lesleylee3755 china is just quantity > quality

[@lesleylee3755]

@@cainmayn944 I mean one on one,in average,you guys still can't beat China .Don't force me to scare you,cause you Will be scared how terrifying Chinese education is, and that is why they are better than America.Plus American education (under University)sucks

[@jacksonramsey4848]

I’m so thankful to be an American, I never did great in school but eventually I found my way. I could never imagine going through what the Chinese have to

[@yuluoxianjun]

you will in a Iphone producting line work from 8am to 7pm for 500USD salary to buy a house after 30 years works or marry after 15 years to get enough caili/marriage money given to women to buy them as your wife.

[@dendrobatus814]

I've never saw anyone who get into trouble for raising questions in my whole school life, maybe Im not from the China you mentioned.

[@dendrobatus814]

@John D. That why we could use teachers like you.

[@dendrobatus814]

@John D. Cross that, you just might be giong to bully those students who ask questions lol.

[@RomanBraixen]

@John D. And how much chinese do you speak?

[@y.z.6517]

Actually, the opposite is true. The Chinese value on asking question can be summed up by Confucian: "I am not ashamed to ask [even] people with lower status than me". By contrast, western people want to appear to be skillful without letting people see you practising it. Also, people often worry about appearing to be condescending. Thus, western people are more likely to refrain from asking and answering questions.

[@Xanthopathy]

@@RomanBraixen why would he even learn chinese in the first place lmao flipping the point doesn't work

[@alimustafa629]

When you are that early, there are no China jokes

[@brandonkey181]

There are lots of china joke

[@Redfield3X]

Brandon Key here, a Chinese joke: “Freedom” jajajaja always gets me

[@brandonkey181]

@@Redfield3X much appreciated

[@diggoran]

I wish I was that early. I'm getting sick of these unoriginal jokes covering up actually interesting comments

[@driptcg]

12:04 "universities in top 100" If you add them up theres over 350 universities. Im kinda lost

[@zihaoding7828]

@@shihaong2220 many of them and same rankings, there may be 3 schools rank the 10th place.

[@cavalex]

I think he meant 1000, probably just a typo.

[@ednaz4421]

I remember coming to the US when I was 5 and attending kindergarden. The school taught 1+1 in math while I could already add three digit numbers.

[@haydenreed5039]

Most kids already know that stuff lol when I was 5 I could do the same thing but in America when u get to 8th grade and stuff it's a lot harder

[@JG-eo1ck]

3:31 : well done Singapore

[@RetardskillMe]

Lol, it says "Average PISA Scores". What is your country's yearly student intake again? Have some critical thinking skills please.

[@yukyenglow7355]

RetardskillMe correct me if I’m wrong but singapore has a low yearly student intake is because they have a small population

[@RetardskillMe]

@@yukyenglow7355 Yes, hence the emphasis on "average"...

[@sicklymoonlight]

@@ilovecorn97 meanwhile i have my Os next year...

[@JamesAJ]

As a Korean migrant, I can completely understand the part at 4:30 - after all, we also have one ultra-important exam that literally determines your life - 수능 - and even then it doesn't really mean you are "better". Your parents just had more money to hire private tutors. That's it.

[@HenningGu]

I have lived and studied my whole school life here in Germany, but I regularly got exposure with Chinese and other Asian students. Especially the Chinese people see their gaokao result as something to justify their superiority, but where baffled when I told them I graduated with 3,3 aka lower-average 😅 And the Chinese students at the uni are struggling now, because our education doesn't nearly rely that much on memorizing. Also, not to seem shallow, but Sky Castle depicted the emptiness after years of studying rather well imo.

[@swesleyc7]

The problem is there's one exam that determines your life, NOT the families who can afford tutors (it doesn't mean they're intrinsically wealthy) ... Complaining that some people can afford tutors is complaining (ignorantly) for equality of outcome, not equality of opportunity. You want multiple options for success and access to it, not be resentful of others for what you don't have. If you had the money, you'd buy tutors for your kids, too.

[@dargondude2375]

@@swesleyc7 you do know you're talking about kids right. People who are born into a poorer socioeconomic status. Unless, you think being born poorer is actually fair.

[@swesleyc7]

@Bhum Brahmavira Thanks for the reasonable reply. I see your point, except doping is not allowed and tutors are. Doping is cheating and tutoring is not. Even with tutoring, it's still you who has to complete the exam. Tutoring doesn't mean you'll see success in the same manner enhancement drugs can. If, say, the Chinese govt. was offering affluent families tutors because of their connections or wealth, then we'd have a problem: inequality of opportunity. Then that would be cheating and unfair to others.

[@swesleyc7]

@Bhum Brahmavira Right on. I'm with you.

[@ramanabharathi376]

This is the same case in india, maybe a little less intense

[@truthinyourface7345]

But unfortunately India’s education doesn’t translate to good infrastructure and development Still third world

[@ramanabharathi376]

@@truthinyourface7345 that's because of corruption and politics that derail the rate of development.(which is present in every country in the contemporary world). That's what actually feed to the brain drain the video is talking about. Your point?

[@pax4370]

We need to stop giving america shitload of money through Amazon or International tuition and be treated as dispensable cash cows. Inefficient Indian adminisyration should realise the importance of Higher education and STEM field and research. Nobody, I repeat, nobody would go to abroad for higher studies if there were sufficient oppertunities back home.

[@aanandax]

pax43 true but the people who hold power are just corrupted af, they wont do shit. India would progress if people stop being so damn greedy all the time

[@sophiaz9081]

Corruption is everywhere unfortunately

[@chrissy0829]

Back in school, many Chinese classmates have cheating and plagiarism problems. Someone got kicked out of school because of cheating in the final exam.

[@kevinkacer6184]

This is a stereotype. It’s highly biased

[@farrahconstant6240]

@@kevinkacer6184 No, it's the truth.