A still of A Love for Separation.(Photo provided to China Daily)
Zeng Minghui, publicity director of Linmon Pictures, says the series, which is now running again on the small screen, will be broadcast in Taiwan, North America and some Southeast Asian countries.
"The timing is yet to be decided. But the version for the U.S. market will be dubbed," he says.
For Lu, who is now an author and professor at Zhejiang University of Media and Communications, the wave of sending young Chinese abroad to study, which began around 2005, is different from the earlier ones.
According to him, the Chinese have had a long history of pursuing advanced studies overseas－with peaks at the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), in the 1950s and in the 1980s.
He says what differentiates the current wave is that domestic college fees have surged in recent years, making going abroad not as expensive as in the past.
He also adds that most parents now are well-educated and favor Western education for their children.
Lu, who sent his daughter to the U.S. to study, also says a U.S. middle school background makes it easier for Chinese students to be admitted to prestigious U.S. universities, which is another reason the number of adolescent Chinese students going abroad is rising.
Phenomenal boom
Government statistics show the number of Chinese students studying abroad was 500,000 last year, making China the top source of international students in such major host countries as the U.S., the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada, domestic media report.
