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A thousand years ago, scholars from across Asia made their way to China
to study governance, science and philosophy.
Some even took the Imperial exams alongside local students.
That era faded, and for decades, studying abroad meant one thing:
the US, the UK, Australia and Canada.
But the map is being redrawn.
So, is China becoming a major study destination again?
Or are we watching the rise of something even bigger?
A genuinely more diverse global education map.
We'll talk about that today.
Coming to you from our studios here in Beijing, this is Round Table.
I'm Steve. Thank you so much for being with us today.
And for the show, I'm with Yusheng and Yushan.
First up, more than a thousand years ago, during the Tang Dynasty,
China was already one of Asia's great centers of learning.
Students and scholars from Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Central Asia and parts of the Arab world
traveled here to study governance and literature and science and philosophy.
Some foreign students could even sit China's Imperial exams themselves through a special category,