According to Li, "For Westerners, the mainland is like a treasure chest, and since in recent years Taiwan has not seen itself as an inheritor of Chinese culture, it has lost some of its ability to attract foreign students." Li also says that a number of external factors have made the mainland able to attract a large number of foreign students.
「對西方人來說，大陸宛如一個寶藏，而近年來台灣不再視自己為中國文化的傳承者，對外國學生的吸引力也相對降低，」黎宜浩說，外在環境丕變，讓大陸吸引了大批外籍學生。