Chinese students choose France as top living spot
By Liang Yiwen |
October 27, 2011, Thursday
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FRANCE and Paris top the list of foreign countries and cities where Chinese college students want to live, according to a report about domestic students' international views.
That's because most Chinese students view France as a romantic, developed country, researchers said. Most of the popular spots among students are in the United States and Europe and their choices are directly related to a country's economic development and international position.
America and Britain came in second and the third among countries; London and New York were second and third among cities.
Students generally described European nations as "developed," "rich," "romantic" and "beautiful" when asked to use words to depict their feelings toward these countries.
Ning Yuemin, director of the Center for Modern Chinese Studies and a key researcher of the report, said most college students' knowledge and opinion of each country form mainly during middle school, when geography is introduced into the classroom.
"Domestic students have relatively shallow understanding of the globe because of their limited traveling experience and stereotyped media reports," he said.
About 92 percent of the 1,200 interviewed students have never traveled abroad and only 2 percent have visited more than one country. They learned about different countries through reading newspapers and watching TV programs, Ning said.
About 83 percent of respondents said their understanding of Europe and the US came from the newspaper, 58 from the Internet, 56 percent from TV programs and 24 percent from geography textbooks.
That's because most Chinese students view France as a romantic, developed country, researchers said. Most of the popular spots among students are in the United States and Europe and their choices are directly related to a country's economic development and international position.
America and Britain came in second and the third among countries; London and New York were second and third among cities.
Students generally described European nations as "developed," "rich," "romantic" and "beautiful" when asked to use words to depict their feelings toward these countries.
Ning Yuemin, director of the Center for Modern Chinese Studies and a key researcher of the report, said most college students' knowledge and opinion of each country form mainly during middle school, when geography is introduced into the classroom.
"Domestic students have relatively shallow understanding of the globe because of their limited traveling experience and stereotyped media reports," he said.
About 92 percent of the 1,200 interviewed students have never traveled abroad and only 2 percent have visited more than one country. They learned about different countries through reading newspapers and watching TV programs, Ning said.
About 83 percent of respondents said their understanding of Europe and the US came from the newspaper, 58 from the Internet, 56 percent from TV programs and 24 percent from geography textbooks.
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