Chinese students still dReAM of studying in the *States*. Here's a section from an article about the history of exchanges with US Schools and the challenges Chinese students face acclimating to the US.
Copied from the Chinese Youth Daily News, 19 June 208 (http://interedu.cyol.com/static/usams/).
二战后，美国国会有鉴于1欧洲重建，允许国际学生入读美国公立中学学习与体验2优质生活，加强相互了解与沟通，把美国教育的优点及社区观念的价值带给国际学生，特别通过国会立法，提供交换学生方案3。由4政府监督5，交换学生持J—1签证，赴美就读一年。每年有数万名额6。
留学美国是许多中国高中生的强烈心愿。作为人生的一个重大转折7，留学生活所带来的种种挑战又使学生及父母产生一丝担忧8：学生不仅要适应与中国教育体制迥然9不同的西方教育体制，同时要应付文化差异10，独立生活，语言障碍等许多压力势必在较长一段时间内影响学习，使得中国学生在与外国学生共同学习生活中一开始就处于落后位置。
1 you3jian4yu2 (verb): turn to
2 ti3yan4 (verb): experience firsthand
3 fang1an4 (noun): project/plan (business/official)
4 you2 (grammatical particle): (something done) by (a certain person or party)
5 jian1du4 (verb): oversee/survey
6 ming2e4 (noun): quota (# of people/things)
7 zhuan3zhe2 (verb): turning point
8 dan1you1 (noun): worry
9 jiong3ran2 (adjective): very different/distant
10 cha1yi4 (noun): discrepency/difference
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