For an American, which is easier to move to: China or Japan?
You need a university degree to qualify for a work visa in Japan. I doubt if China will be any more easy. You need to have a skill a native doesn't have. I hope you realize that Japan & China are as different as night and day.
Is pre-medical important before MBBS in China for FSc graduates?
Before you lay out any money on this, have an exit strategy. That means you talk to the university about what happens after you get your MBBS. Presume you already know that a degree does not make you a qualified doctor? You need to complete at least two more foundation/residency years under the supervision of senior doctors in a hospital. Generally residency/foundation years are done in the country where you graduated and are arranged by your university. Highly unlikely however that this will be possible in China if you studied in English as you would have no way to communicate with patients or staff at the hospital. Beware of statements by the university saying that you can do your residency in 'any' English speaking country. There is no English speaking country that will touch you, I guarantee it. That leaves you in the position of having to do your residency back in Pakistan as this is the only other alternative. Will they take you? As you have studied in the wrong language and in a country whose degrees may not be recognised as equivalent, you might find yourself having to start your MBBS all over again. Your best plan is to do your degree in Pakistan. Cheaper and less risk of a disaster. In the meantime, promise yourself that you will learn proper English and stop using American slang words like 'wanna'. They mark you out as poorly educated. EDIT The fact that you are an Afghan obviously changes things. You should have told us that. General rule of thumb is that if you are not good enough to make the cut into med school in your own country, your overseas degree will not be accepted as equivalent.
Should China reduce the number of college students?
For what? If you want to ask “should we”, shouldn’t you offer an argument first?Anyway, the number of College Entrance Test takers peaked in 2008, and the number of accepted college students seems to have peaked in 2016, due to the decline of newborn population.So whether it’s deemed necessary, the reduction of the number of college students has probably started and we are unlikely to see an end in a decade or two.(data source)
How long does it take to study Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in China?
I'm interested in studying TCM in China in the future but I'm not sure how the higher education system there works. For right now, I'm doing pre med in the states and I'm hoping to go to grad school for internal medicine here in the US. However, afterwards I'd like to go to China. What should I expect from studying tradition medicine? What are some different fields? How many years does it take before I can graduate? Generally, what is college like in China?
What's the perception of U.S. history in China?
Of course the range of knowledge about U.S. history is quite broad in China, from utter abject ignorance to a level of granularity that would far surpass most American college graduates, but those are of course exceedingly rare. If I were to sample average high school graduates in average second- or third-tier Chinese cities, I imagine the common knowledge among them would probably be that American history is relatively short, and assert that with a bit of derision or at least condescension. They would say that it was a British colony that fought a war of independence against England; that it expanded across the continent by conquering, swindling, or even genocidally massacring Native Americans; that black chattel slavery was practiced in parts of the U.S. until the Civil War; that America fought on China's side during the Second World War; and that after the war, America became a hegemonic and highly militaristic global superpower that seeks to "contain" China or thwart its rise.
What percentage of China's population has bachelor’s degrees?
According to the 6th national census in 2010, around 9% of the people in China has bachelor’s degree at that time. But right now the number should be higher after 8 years, as China’s gross college enrollment ratio now is comparable with major developed countries.According to the annual report of the Ministry of Education of PRC, the gross college enrollment ratio is 26.5% for China in 2010. (http://www.moe.gov.cn/srcsite/A0...). in 2016, the gross college enrollment ratio increased to 42.7% (http://www.moe.gov.cn/jyb_sjzl/s...), with a goal to get to 50% in year 2020.In 2016, according to the Ministry of Education of PRC, there are 26,958,433 full time college undergraduate enrollment in China, 5,843,883 adult/part time undergraduate enrollment, 6,449,329 enrollment for online undergraduate schools, 1,639,024 for master degrees, and 342,027 enrollment for PhDs. (http://www.moe.gov.cn/s78/A03/mo...). So the total college enrollment is 26,958,433+5,843,883+6,449,329+1,639,024+342,027=41,232,696.In 2016, China has 39.7 million high school students, among which there are 23.7 million regular high school students, who will go to college for further education, and 16 million vocational school students, who usually will go to work at factories after graduation. (http://www.moe.gov.cn/s78/A03/mo...). For the 23.7 million regular high school students, the college admission rate is 94.5% in 2016, which mean if you want to go to college in China, you can always go. (http://www.moe.gov.cn/s78/A03/mo...). The 94.5% is a big increase from like 27% in 1990. Also this 94.5% is much higher than the 69.2% of students enrolling in college in the fall immediately following high school completion in 2015 in the US, which has 3.6 million high school graduates in 2017–18(Fast Facts).To compare, the US has around 20.4 million total college enrollment (full time and part time) in 2017. About 17.5 million students are in undergraduate programs and 3.0 million in postbaccalaureate programs. And in 2015, there were 11.8 million college and university students under age 25 and 8.1 million students 25 years old and over. (Fast Facts). So it seems the US has a larger percentage of part-time/adult students, which makes the total enrollment to total population ratio larger, although the total college enrollment ratio in the US is similar to China now.
What anecdotal information is there regarding American-born recent graduates (ethnically Chinese or not) working for state security in China?
My guess is that if I walked into the Ministry of State Security wanting a job I'd be considered either crazy or a CIA agent. The other thing is that I can't imagine what possible use I would be to the MSS. As either a source of information or a propaganda tool, I would be far more useful to the Chinese government if I had nothing to do with the Chinese intelligence services.I do know of a few returnees that have ended up working for the securities (as in stock) regulators. You have to be a Chinese citizen to be in a policy role (however they don't care whether family has citizenship).Also, China is a good place for small companies and startups so it's not surprising that US graduates end up there.
To what extent do Asian grad students in the USA feel accepted or discriminated upon by their White American peers?
You mean Indian-American students? Japanese exchange students? Russians?As much as I hate to lump Asian graduate students together because it is an incredibly diverse group, if you are talking about students from China, Korea, Japan, and India who study in the US, there are two main groups.The first group of students basically spend 95% of their time with other students from the same country. Most research universities have enough international students that there are communities from many countries. Often language is the big barrier, these students are generally not that comfortable with English, so they only speak their native language at home. They go to class and then turn around and go home. It is a terrible cycle, because making American friends is the best way to get good at English. This pattern then makes it tough for them to get a job in the United States.The second group make lots of international friends, and become part of the campus community. Certainly they might hear a white student or professor say something stupid, but the racism they would experience is very similar to the racism that non-Asian people experience when in Asia. (try being a black person in China sometime) People on college campuses are generally very welcoming to outsiders. The biggest thing I tell grad students from China is to say yes when people invite you out for a beer. This group then gets to take advantage of the networking a University provides and they get great jobs after graduation.In short, white American graduate students' attitude towards their Asian peers is heavily influenced by language skills and social skills.