This book offers a unique perspective on the controversial practice of recruiting Chinese students with full scholarships in Singapore, and provides detailed ethnographic accounts of their experiences. It is recommended for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of international student mobility, cross-cultural encounters, and immigration concerns in contemporary society.

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This book examines the Singapore government’s controversial practice of recruiting students from China and granting them full scholarships on the condition of a service “bond”. It offers detailed ethnographic accounts of the Chinese “foreign talent” students’ educational and cross-cultural experiences in Singapore to illustrate the complex intersections between international mobility and educational desire. In doing so, the book presents contemporary Singapore society’s concerns over immigration and cross-cultural encounters from a unique perspective.

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