Wang An, a sociology department graduate student at Soochow University, says economic factors also played a big part in his decision not to take the well-trod path to America but instead go to Germany, the birthplace of sociology.
東吳社會研究所的王岸，之所以不選擇人人都去的美國，轉而到社會學思潮的啟蒙地﹘﹘德國，經濟因素也佔很大比重。