Chapter 174: A Trip to Germany (6)

On the issue of international students in Germany, East China ** also put forward very detailed conditions to Germany, which are divided into five in total:

1. The first phase of international student cooperation lasts for 10 years, and every year East China sends no less than 300 international students to Germany, and sets up East China ** international student apartment in Berlin, which is responsible for the management team of East China ** International Student Apartment under the Consulate in Germany, and conducts unified management of all East China ** international students stationed in Germany, and the rental cost of the apartment and the living expenses of international students are borne by East China **.

2. After arriving in Germany, international students will first live in the international student dormitory, study the language, habits and relevant cultural knowledge before admission for one year, and appropriately open some professional courses, which will be taught by teachers sent by Germany and compile relevant teaching materials. Students who pass the assessment can be arranged by Germany to enter the university or take the entrance examination of a German university to obtain the qualification to enter the university. International students stationed in Germany must take the assessment after one year after moving into the apartment, and those who cannot pass the assessment within two years will be sent back to their home countries.

3. International students who are enrolled in Germany should be arranged to study in universities in Berlin and surrounding areas as much as possible, preferably no more than 8 hours away from Berlin. However, pupils studying at schools in Berlin and the surrounding area must return to their apartments once a month to participate in the learning activities organised by the dormitories, and pupils studying at schools in areas more than eight hours from Berlin must return to the dormitories during the holidays to take part in the learning activities organised by the dormitories, which are arranged by the management team.

4. The majors studied by international students in universities are distributed according to the proportion of liberal arts and sciences 28, that is, 20% of international students are engaged in liberal arts professional courses, 80% of international students are engaged in science professional courses, and science international students are divided according to 37 proportions, 30% are engaged in basic research science major courses, and 70% are engaged in applied science professional courses.

5. After the expiration of the study period, the whereabouts of all international students will be arranged by East China**, if you want international students to continue their studies in school, or work or participate in scientific research projects, etc., you must apply to the consulate for consultation, and only after obtaining the consent of the consulate can be arranged, and without the consent of the consulate, any school, organization, enterprise, unit shall not decide the whereabouts of international students in any name, or encourage international students not to obey the arrangements of East China**. At the same time, East China has the right to take compulsory measures against international students who do not obey the management, arrangements and orders.

The original intention of sending students to Germany was, of course, to obtain a group of high-quality talents who have mastered modern knowledge in a short period of time, to improve the overall quality of East China, and to participate in the modernization and industrialization of East China.

However, although this idea is very good, it cannot be careless in the operation of the whole body, and it is not simply to bring people to Germany, and they can do nothing by stuffing them into the university, just waiting for a batch of talents to be harvested and brought back to China after 5 years. Between 1872 and 1875, the Qing court sent four batches of 120 young students to study in the United States. Although this group of young students who went to study in the United States eventually died early, stayed in the United States and buried their hometowns, most of them later took up different positions and made due contributions to China's modernization and development, among which Zhan Tianyou is the most typical example.

However, as far as the entire study abroad program is concerned, it ended in complete failure, because among the 120 young students studying abroad, only Zhan Tianyou and Ouyang Geng successfully completed their studies; Rong Kui and Tan Yaoxun resisted being recalled by the Qing court and stayed at Yale University in the United States to complete their studies; while Li Enfu and Lu Yongquan returned to the United States after being recalled by the Qing court and completed their studies at Yale University. In addition to these 6 people, there were 9 who had been repatriated for indiscipline in advance, 26 who insisted on not returning and died of illness, and the remaining 94 people were repatriated in three batches in 1881, all of whom failed to complete their studies.

There are many reasons for the failure of the Qing court's plan to stay in the first child, in addition to the Qing court's own backward and conservative concept, young children in the United States to receive Western education, live an American-style life, and gradually change their concepts, which is also a major reason, the change of the concept of the first child is also good and bad, during the period of stay in the United States, some of these young children change into Western-style clothes, some cut off their braids, and participate in all kinds of sports activities, which is harmless; Confucian classics such as the Five Classics have lost interest, and some accept modern ideas such as freedom, democracy, and equality, but some young children date girls in the United States and even embrace Christianity, which is somewhat out of line.

Of course, East China will not be as conservative as the Qing court, but some lessons from the failure of the program are still worth learning from. Of course, East China is much more enlightened than the Qing court, and wearing Western-style clothes and cutting braids is not a matter at all in East China; and participating in sports activities, advocating natural science knowledge, and accepting freedom, democracy, and equality views are also advocated by East China, and even falling in love and believing in Christianity, East China will not explicitly oppose it, as long as it does not affect studies, of course, it will not be supported.

However, the essence of Chinese society in this era is still a feudal society dominated by a small peasant economy, and only relying on the efforts of East China in the past 5 or 6 years can only change a very small part. Although most of these students are from Qingdao and Shanghai, the two cities with the highest level of modernization in East China, they still retain a very clear traditional memory, not to mention that with the progress of the study abroad program, it is impossible to select people from Qingdao and Shanghai alone, and will definitely expand to other regions, and the social and economic development of these areas is more backward and closer to the feudal social form dominated by the small peasant economy. Germany is one of the countries with the highest degree of modernization, the most developed science and the highest level of industrialization in the world in this era, so after international students arrive in Germany, what they see and hear, and their concepts will inevitably be greatly impacted, and there will definitely be some ideological conflicts.

Moreover, in the old time and space, the IQ and learning ability of the Chinese were recognized as one of the strongest nations in the world, and as long as they were given the same learning environment, the achievements of the Chinese would never lose to the Europeans. As long as it is a talent, of course, it will be valued there, so when Germans find out that there are talented people among international students, it is inevitable that they will think of keeping them for their own use. In addition, there is no guarantee that hostile countries in East China, such as Britain and France, will sabotage and encourage international students to betray East China.

Although the students who go to Germany to study are carefully selected by East China, at least politically they are more reliable, and during the study abroad, East China will also strengthen the ideological education of international students, but after all, they have not undergone any major tests, and no one dares to guarantee that among these international students, some people will be tempted by the modern advanced and rich material life of the West, and choose to betray East China, so it is natural that we must do a good job of prevention in advance in case of unforeseen needs.

Of course, this does not mean that East China will oppose talented international students to continue their studies in Germany after completing their studies, and even participate in some scientific research projects, but these must be based on the premise of being controlled by East China, simply put, only East China allows international students to continue their studies in Germany and participate in scientific research projects after completing their studies, so that they can stay, if East China does not allow them, they can only go home obediently, and there is no room for bargaining. Because all the expenses of these international students are borne by East China, East China has the right to decide the fate of these international students, and now East China has no capital to train talents for other countries.

On the other hand, what East China needs now is talents majoring in science and engineering, or talents majoring in basic research, on the contrary, there is basically no demand for talents such as liberal arts and arts, so the purpose of studying abroad must be clear, and East China ** hopes to harvest a group of scientists and engineers who can devote themselves to modernization after 5 or 6 years, rather than a group of so-called masters who can only play with a pen and talk about freedom, democracy, equality, etc., Bi Jing in terms of thought, the veterans are enough.

Germany is very cooperative with this, and basically accepts the conditions put forward by East China. After all, German university education is very developed, and it has no impact at all to admit hundreds of international students a year, and charging more international students will also increase income, and the cost of an international student is nearly twice as much as that of a German college student, which is not counting the cost of the transition in the previous year.

Of course, only making this little money is secondary, after the important group of international students return to China after completing their studies, most of them will definitely have a greater good impression of Germany, and when this group of people grow up and grasp power, they must become pro-German factions in East China, which is of course a great benefit to Germany. However, Germany has also put forward a requirement for East China**, that is, to restrain international students and participate in social movements. East China** will not refuse.

Of course, in addition to these five conditions for Germany, East China also has a detailed management system for international students, in addition to the rules of life, strengthen the ideological education of international students, but also include the choice of majors, love, further study, study in Germany, etc., there are very clear regulations, in addition to the first year of preparation, students will be organized to carry out some visits, excursions and other activities, and also encourage international students to participate in sports, organize various sports teams, and compete with other schools in Germany.

The essence of Bi Jinghuadong**'s implementation of this study abroad plan is to hope that this group of students can become successful, and of course will not deliberately restrict the action and growth of international students. These rules are just a precautionary measure.