While the number of foreign students coming to Taiwan has seen mild growth over the last decade, professionals in Chinese language education fear that the mainland is racing ahead, drawing 70,000 to 80,000 students per year.
近十年來台灣的外籍學生人數雖是緩和上升，但令華語界焦急的是，大陸卻是往上「飆」，每年可吸引七、八萬人。