They get involved in foreign diplomacy, or work for news bureaus, or do business. They have been criticized by some people on Taiwan as being trained for the benefit of the mainland.
然而外國學生中文學成後，許多人都轉赴大陸，或作外交官、或作報社特派員、或做生意，被國內某些人批評為「楚材晉用」、「替大陸訓練人才」。