Chinese students head to the US

They pay more than US students, but say bringing home new knowledge is worth the price.

Screengrab - four Chinese female students at Purdue university - from Tom Ackerman''s ''Chinese students heading to US'' package, aired 30 March

China is not only America’s biggest foreign lender – it also sends more students to universities in the United States than any other country.

In the past year, a record 128,000 Chinese students attended classes on US campuses, surpassing Indian citizens for the first time.

Tom Ackerman has this report from the midwest state of Indiana.

Source: Al Jazeera