However, according to a survey of higher education in Asia conducted in 2009 by Readers Digest, the US is the top preference for mainland students to study abroad. In Asia, their top choices are Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan, with only 5 % opting for Taiwan.
然而，根據「讀者文摘」日前公布的「2009 年亞洲暨台灣高等教育調查」，陸生的留學首選是美國，亞洲則以星、港、日本為前三志願，想來台灣的僅有 5 %。