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CHINESE STUDENTS IN GREAT
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INTRODUCTION
IN introducing to you the subject "Chinese Students in Great Britain," there is a general aspect, besides a dis- tinctive aspect, which I wish to emphasize. The subject is, in fact, a general one, in that it essentially resembles any other section of human society. In human society one finds a delightfully uncertain mingling of all types; Chinese students are no exception. Among them one can distin- guish the sociable ones from the shy ones, the rich from the poor, the good from the bad, the bookworm from the athlete, and so forth. In short, there is not, nowadays, any single distinctive type of Chinese student. Well, I shall not waste too long on these general aspects of the subject, as these things any observer may recognize. You can all, no doubt, with your keen powers of observation, recognize at a glance a sociable student from a shy one, you can observe after a minute's introduction whether he is rich or poor, you can note after two minutes of conversation whether you are talking to a good egg or a bad egg, and after five minutes you will have undoubtedly sized him up completely.
Having drawn your attention to the general aspects, may I next direct it to some more distinctive points--points on which your uninitiated observations are less easy. Statistics are usually unintelligible to the best of us, and I for one could not possibly read out long rows of figures. I have therefore put up on the board, in as unstatistical a way as possible, some figures which illustrate these points. A quick survey and a general study of these points will help us to get the correct perspective-always an important
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