The number of Chinese studying in the US has continued to grow rapidly over the last decade and reached 62,000 in 2005. China's huge contingent of students in other nations have become a force to be reckoned with, one of the drivers supporting the mainland's economic development. In contrast, the number of Taiwanese studying abroad has been shrinking.
但是近十年來，中國留美學生大幅快速成長，2005 年已達 6 萬 2 千人，中國龐大的留學軍團，在世界各地形成不可忽視的海外勢力，成為大陸經濟發展的後盾。