The situation in Shanghai was quite different from that in Taipei, where the American School only accepts children who have at least one parent with an American passport. In the mainland, Taiwanese children were considered non-nationals and were therefore eligible to enroll at any of the international schools. As long as there was space and their parents could afford it, they all got in.
不同於台灣的美國學校只接受父母或孩子有美國護照者入學，在大陸被列為境外人士的台商子弟，可以自由遊走於各種國際學校，只要有名額、唸得起，幾乎都能入學。