Nearly 1,000 children from other countries are currently studying
in Beijing, and more are coming, sources with the municipal
Education Committee said.
The Beijing Huijia
School has received a letter from a school in the Republic of
Korea asking to send students to school in Beijing, Wednesday's
Beijing Morning Post reported.
Education expert Dr. Hou Xin said China's solid basic education is
the main reason for the outside interest.
Besides attending foreign-funded international schools in Beijing,
young foreigners of primary and middle school-age here often go to
Fangcaodi Primary school, which is specially designed for kids
whose parents work in the Chinese capital.
Huijia and two other schools that have been approved to enroll
students directly from overseas are also favored by foreign
families.
So
far, Huijia has more than 100 such students from the United States,
the Republic of Korea, Japan, Canada, Cuba and Thailand.
The tuition fee is US$ 7,000 a year.
(Xinhua News
Agency November 8, 2001)