In addition, with the growing middle class, more Chinese parents can afford to send their children to the US.
“The Chinese and US economies are so intertwined that Chinese students can get better jobs if they come back with good English and a good US credential,” Blumenthal said.
Meanwhile, the number of US students studying in both Taiwan and China has jumped in recent years, the survey showed.
While figures for the 2007-2008 academic year were not available, the number of US students in Taiwan rose from 194 in 2004-2005 to 367 the following year and 467, a 27.2 percent rise, in 2006-2007.
While the figure had been increasing through the late 1990s and early 2000s, the figure remained relatively low in that period. At the same time, a record 11,000 US students were enrolled in Chinese graduate institutions in 2006-2007, up 25 percent from the 8,800 the previous year. The year before that, the figure stood at 6,400.
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