Three or four different universities have done an excellent job of attracting a really substantial number of Chinese students.

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What is really fascinating is the number of Chinese students in these departments, many on their way to becoming PhDs.

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After years of staying flat, the number of foreign undergraduates has increased 25% in the past four years, while the number of Chinese students has almost sextupled, to about 57, 000.

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While the number of Chinese students at UW tripled this year, to about 600, they still account for only about 10% of all students, and Washingtonians still account for about 75%, he says.

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As a result, the number of Chinese undergraduate students in the U.S. has doubled in the past two years.

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Studies show that the number of students taking Chinese in college increased 20 percent between 1998 and 2002.

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