These numbers are allowing the mainland to establish beachheads at major US universities, corporations and research institutions, while Taiwan's reservoir of international resources is drying up.
兩岸留學生此消彼長的效應已持續發酵，美國主要大學以及重要的工業、產業、尖端研究機構都可能被對岸留學生盤據，台灣的國際資源，如同乾旱的水庫一樣，到了拉警報的水位警戒線。