APS March Meeting 2010
Volume 55, Number 2
Monday–Friday, March 15–19, 2010;
Portland, Oregon
Session T8: Panel Discussion: Emerging Scientific Powers in the East: China
2:30 PM–5:30 PM,
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Room: Portland Ballroom 255
Sponsoring
Units:
FIP FGSA
Chair: Noemie Koller, Rutgers University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2010.MAR.T8.4
Abstract: T8.00004 : Students: made in China, contribute to the world
4:18 PM–4:54 PM
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Abstract
Author:
Yang Yang
(Duke University)
It has been over one and a half century since the first Chinese
student
studied abroad in the Unite States. A recent report from U.
Chicago showed
that among all 45596 doctorate recipients from US institutions in
the
academic year 2006, 4774 (over 10{\%}) are from China. Also,
Tsinghua
University (571 graduates) and Peking University (507), both
located in
Beijing China, are ranked as top two colleges on baccalaureate
origin list,
even leading UC Berkeley (427) in the third. Chinese students
became a
significant source of doctoral candidates and science
researchers. It brings
both great opportunities and challenges to China and US.Known as
the world's
factory, China is now exporting not only industrial products but
also
intelligence. However, unlike commercial trades, brain flows are
more
complex. It is not justified to simply criticize that China lost
intellectual power over the last 30 years while US dissipated
fundings to
support international students. Indeed, the students' impacts
have not
been more emphasized in the history than today.When come to US,
Chinese
students are not only working for their advisors but also
contributing to
the whole society. They bring their concrete knowledge, fresh
ideas and
methods of thinking from east to west. After graduation, even not
returning
China, Chinese scholars are still dedicated to their home country
in various
ways. Currently, significant portion of APS publications are from
China,
most of which are from collaborations between Chinese scholars in
China and
US. Students, acting as the communication bridge, are connecting
worldwide
resources, stimulating projects in developing world and helping
form a
globalized pattern of research. During this process, the
localization of
global resources, including students, has recently been of great
interests.
Chinese student is and will be always contributing to this
process to share
their own perspectives of the science world in the future.
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