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Most Chinese students in the US study STEM. 36% of int'l STEM Ph.D recipients are Chinese.

Scrutiny of this group has intensified. Republican lawmakers say Chinese STEM students rush to take their know-how back to China after graduation.

But actually:

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A big decline in Chinese enrollment could severely cut into schools’ bottom line and damage U.S. competitiveness. “The economic costs are apparent,” says Yingyi Ma, “The talent cost has even graver consequences.”

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China was for years the No. 1 supplier of int'l students to U.S. Now India is the No.1, but China still sends the most undergraduates. Undergrads typically pay full tuition. That means China is largest buyer of education-related services from the U.S. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Though the total Chinese student population is 1/4 less from its peak in 2019 due partly to geopolitical tensions, their enrollment at top U.S. schools & in graduate programs have held steady. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

"De-pink" was a painful process. “It was a process of breaking yourself,” Alex Zhu said. “Because you had to admit that you had been dumb all these years and you’d never questioned what you were told.”

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For years, Chinese in't students were cautious about expressing criticism of Beijing on university campuses for fear of repercussions. Since 2022, Chinese students critical of Beijing have become more vocal, says US-based professors www.wsj.com/world/china/...

The patriotic zeal of "little pinks" doesn’t go deep, said @weirongguo.bsky.social, who found half of the students she interviewed embraced democratic ideals. Within this group, a third were former "little pinks." For many, the trigger was Beijing's Covid response. www.wsj.com/world/china/...