'One-child' generation

独生子的一代

There are other non-academic factors fuelling the spike in students going to the US, such as the expansion of China's middle class and policies on families.

除了学术本身的原因，还有许多其他方面的原因一起推动着这股涌向美国的中国留学生大潮、比如中国中产阶级人数的增加，还有中国的生育政策。

Charles Tucker, vice provost for Undergraduate Education and Innovation at UIUC, points out that "children who were born under the one-child policy are now of college-educated age… and changes in the Chinese economy have promoted individual wealth in families".

美国伊利诺伊大学香槟分校本科教育和创新副教务长，查尔斯·塔克先生指出，“在中国，计划生育政策之下出生的一代现在已经到了上大学的年纪了。同是，中国经济政策的变化也使得每个家庭的个体收入有所增加。

Family savings

家庭储蓄

Xuran (Sherry) Peng, one of the students from China, says her parents had to use a large portion of their savings to send her to UIUC.

彭旭冉是一个中国学生，她说，为了供她去伊利诺伊大学香槟分校，家里不得不拿出家庭积蓄的一大部分作为学费。

They believe it is an investment that will benefit her entire family, including her six-year-old half brother.

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