摘要
At 3 a.m.one day in July 1978,when the U.S.and China were in the midst of Inegotiations to normalize diplomatic relations,Jimmy Carter,the 39th American President received an unexpected call from his science advisor,Frank Press,who was in Beijing.Press conveyed that China was interested in sending 5,000 students to the U.S.for education.Carter responded:"Tell them to send 0000."Three months later,the two countries signed the U.S.-China Educational Exchange Memorandum of Understanding in Washington,D.C.At the height of this exchange in the 2010s,before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic,the U.S.had 24,583 American students in China and welcomed 350,000 Chinese students.
