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xinhui · 03-09-2008, 18:06 PM

Until recently, there are only two Universities in HongKong, the HongKong U and the Chinese U. They are considered tops elites institutions in Asia. In a city with over 6 millions, getting your kid into either one was like winning the lottery. In the 1970 and 80s, for those failed to get in, they normally spend their 4 years in a Taiwan college and boot camp in ROC army was part of the package. (Knew number of folks took that path), in the late 80s and 90s as the economy improved, more and more folks took the British commonwealth path, or came to US. Those with less means or wanted to work in China, naturally go to institutions in Guangzhou, which has more outside links and foreign professors then inland institutions. So, researchers from HK universities tends to be the cream of the corp

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xinhui Lei Feng Protege *Defense Professional* Join Date: 05-17-06 Posts: 656	Until recently, there are only two Universities in HongKong, the HongKong U and the Chinese U. They are considered tops elites institutions in Asia. In a city with over 6 millions, getting your kid into either one was like winning the lottery. In the 1970 and 80s, for those failed to get in, they normally spend their 4 years in a Taiwan college and boot camp in ROC army was part of the package. (Knew number of folks took that path), in the late 80s and 90s as the economy improved, more and more folks took the British commonwealth path, or came to US. Those with less means or wanted to work in China, naturally go to institutions in Guangzhou, which has more outside links and foreign professors then inland institutions. So, researchers from HK universities tends to be the cream of the corp Last edited by xinhui : 03-09-2008 at 18:21 PM.