Think you’ve got brain drain problems? Check out China.

China’s university system is expanding fast – but the continuing exodus of students suggests its appetite for higher education is expanding faster.

International education magnets like Australia, the US, Canada and France are benefiting from a massive brain drain from China, where students are rejecting the top universities in favour of overseas institutions, according to recent reports from the official Xinhua news agency. But Australian international education experts say it's more a case of too much demand for too few prized local places. Xinhua reported that study overseas - once considered a last-resort option for high school graduates who'd failed their national college entrance examination - was now seen as the preferred option....