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[airthus]

weilian,

the application due date has been pushed back to may 10th in the US. i doubt that the applications will actually be sent to beijing until may 18th or so. once they are sent it will probably with take a few months at least for processing / returning the results to the US.

That being said i read on the embassy website that the number of foreign students enrolling in China has declined significantly since last year, this means that the universities that accept foreign students probably have a larger quota of foreign students that they can accept this year than in previous years. With the Chinese government up on keeping face and portraying itself as not being greatly affected by the global downturn it would make sense (i sincerely hope ^_^) for the education department to issue more scholarships in a bit to force a rise in the number of foreign students and for the next fiscal year encourage a rise foreign student through the previous applications. (lots of applicants get in, serve a year or two, go home and tell all their friends how get it was = great pr) even if some of the students dont like their trip, you cant hate everything about china and most people focus on the good parts rather than the bad when telling their family and friends.

summary:

Long wait (at least a month or two) until results

foreign student # decline in recent years may prompt beijing to issue lots-o-scholarships

if you get one, once you come home tell everybody how great china is so they issue more scholarship next year - and in 5 years or so lower visa prices because they lose their hatred toward the US

[Meshaq7]

I am concerned about the due date being moved... does this mean that I won't know if I got the scholarship till the middle of July? And if that is the case, how can I apply for other programs in time if I don't get the scholarship? Anyone know concretely if the "notification date" will be later, or perhaps those few that send after the April 30th date will receive notification as a part of a "second wave" so to speak?

[airthus]

the date was only pushed back 10 days. probably to cope with the change of address.

could someone who go the scholarship in previous years let everyone know how long it took before you were notified? thanks

[Jason G]

People here have told me that last year they didn't receive notice until early-mid July.

[Meshaq7]

10 days isn't bad. I looked back and realized I misread it and somehow at thought it was June not May.

[Bedan Adjuster]

I found a very interesting article about Chinese Government Scholarship.

Chinese government offers more scholarships to foreign students in China

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11:20, April 02, 2009

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Reporters learned from the "2009 Chinese Government Scholarships for Foreign Students in China Work Conference" currently being held at Fudan University, that the Chinese government will gradually increase investment over the next several years to sharply boost the number of foreign students receiving scholarships from the Chinese government. It is estimated that by 2013, the number of foreign students in China receiving government scholarships will double from the current figure.

Over the past 30 years, the number of foreign students in China has increased considerably. In 1978, the number of foreign students in China was only 1,236, while in 2008 the number has reached 223,500, representing nearly a 180-fold increase. These foreign students come from 189 countries and regions worldwide, and have studied in 592 universities and institutions across China. In 2008, the number of foreign students financed by scholarships from the Chinese government reached 13,516, up 33.15 percent from the previous year. This was the first time that the number of foreign students receiving scholarships from the Chinese government had exceeded the target of 10,000.

By People's Daily Online

http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2009-04/02/content_224390.htm

[extrapages]

natinshanghai,

1: do I need both the document and the booklet?

Just the document is required.

2: If I have an original of the first document, can I just send a photocopy of the booklet?

You don't need the booklet at all.

3o I need notarized copies of either/both for the COPY set of documents?

We don't really know if the COPY set needs to be notarized. Most people have been sending notarized stuff for the COPY set just in case.

Is it all right to send in a photocopy of the notarized copy for the COPY set?

Same answer as above.

3) I am currently working, and have no idea what is required for the 'work documents'. I have a recommendation letter from my company, but I talked to a friend of mine who went to Chinese law school, and he said that I need a stamped note from them stating that I work here, my position, and when my contract expires. Does anybody know what 'work documents' means? i couldn't find it on the forums.

That stamped note should be fine. They don't want a copy of your contract.

[natinshanghai]

I finally sent my application! It's out of my hands. Extrapages, thank you so much for all your support, and thanks to everyone else who contributed as well.

A few things:

1) The application date was postponed because a Chinese diplomat visited Washington about two weeks back, and the CSC contact and his whole office (of two people) were out of the office and didn't reply to calls or emails during the visit (which was when I was trying to contact them!)

2) For future applicants in China, you should know that the notarization procedures in China are very time-consuming: most documents need at least a week to be notarized, only certain documents may be notarized, and they will only notarize documents that will be used in China. Notarization can only be done at official government offices. The website with Shanghai notary offices and contact info, is: http://www.justice.gov.cn/sfxzinfoplat/platformData/infoplat/pub/wetsite_12/txfs_610/

3) FedEx has 8 Kinko's centers in Shanghai, and they can ship overnight to Washington! Yay Kinkos.

[airthus]

suggestions on what to do while waiting for this years results:

1. drink

seems to be what all foreigners do way to much of in china, so mine as well get your tolerances up in your home country and practicing choking down 120 proof unrefined spirits. (in the US we call it while lightening, the Chinese call it while liquor, coincidence? I think not)

2. Practice my Chinese?!

The more you know at home the easier time you will have adjusting to your new life, mabey even put in a higher level class if you study hard. (If you fully commit to point 1 mabey it wont be so easy...)

3. Go to China

And scope out your potential university and see the major tourist attractions. Should kill a week or two, the flights killer tho. Try out haggling with street vendors too, i takes a bit to get used to, at least from a US perspective.

4. All i got is 3. Any more suggestions? post em

[Don_Horhe]

Has anybody heard anything about CSC giving only 50% of the monthly allowance to those full-scholarship students who are going back home for the summer? That's what we were told last week, but I don't quite believe it, especially not after the school lied to us about teaching materials not being free, despite numerous confirmations from the CSC office that all full-scholarship students are entitled to free coursebooks, and threatened the two girls who "dared" call Beijing and complain...

[airthus]

just dont tell anyone that your going home for the summer, there are no classes right?

As for the books im pretty sure its an isolated incident that students are being charged for the books (just that one university) because if beijing got wind of it im sure that something would be done.

Don_Horhe, did you get the scholarship or did you just apply this year?

[Don_Horhe]

I got it last year and I've been in China for one academic year already, there's 3 more to go. Beijing did get wind of it, they called the university administration and 批评'ed the hell out of them, which resulted in those who called Beijing being threatened that they won't be allowed to graduate and all of us being lectured about not having any right to unite against the university in case there is something we don't like.

Also, I can't not tell them I'm going home. I live in the 留学生 dorm, they have cameras virtually everywhere and I'm sure they'll notice a tall white guy leaving the dorm with a huge suitcase and backpack. To be honest, I don't mind telling them - that way they won't throw my stuff out of my room. I just want to know what the official CSC policy is on this and, in case it's different from what we were told, we'll have to start making phone calls to Beijing again.

[roddy]

Edit button, bottom right of your posts

[airthus]

@Don_Horte

About what month / time did you find out you were accept to the scholarship program?

did they telephone you or just send a letter? Im really curious. thanks

[Don_Horhe]

I don't remember clearly - I think it was sometime in the end of June. I got a call from our ministry of education, since we have to apply for the scholarship through them, which said that our acceptance letters had arrived.

[Bedan Adjuster]

Waiting... What else can we do for now huh?:roll:

[troysmith]

Has anyone heard of people who applied for this scholarship and did not receive it for one reason or another? If there if there weren't that many, maybe we can feel better about our chances given that someone mentioned applications being down.

From what I can tell, it seems that people who've posted in this thread initially and then replied back have all been accepted.

I do have a question however, not sure if it's been answered but... I applied for and got accepted for a 6-week summer program at BLCU in addition to whatever program I am able to get into for the full year '09/'10. My question is regarding the Visa, because I only have the acceptance letter thus far for an "X" visa, will I be able to get one that lasts for a year or will I also need to get accepted to the year-long program first before I can apply for the a resident permit?

[extrapages]

troysmith,

This isn't the thread for visa questions. I'm sure if you start a new thread or look for one that exists, your questions can be answered there. Personally, I couldn't tell you anything about Chinese visas without feeling a truckload of uncertainty. I'm in the process of getting a Z visa for work, and it's about 6 times more confusing than applying for the CSC.

[roddy]

Agreed. The CSC thread is obviously fantastic and the best thing since sliced bread, but it is also about one half of one per cent of this forum - get started.

[huier]

Hello!

This is a superclassicawesome post! But I've just got a query: If say I am already in China in February 2010, would it still be possible for me to apply for the Scholarship for Sept 2010?

I know it would be easier if i just start in Sept 2010 if I am hoping to hook a Scholarship. This is mainly because I'm graduating in Oct 2009 and I don't think my parents will approve if i spend about nine months doing nothing (relative, since it actually only mean that I cannot continue on with my legal training).