Chinese Students, All Cashed Up, Come to US by the Thousands
Nearly 160,000 Chinese students came to the United States in 2011 spending nearly $4 billion in tuition alone; many spend their parents’ money on luxury items while merely undergraduates.

A corner of Harvard University. Chinese students come to the United States cashed up with their parents' money, and spend it on an expensive education and sometimes luxury goods. Darren McCollester/Getty Images
By Yang Chen
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