I thank Professor Fred Dervin for organizing the lively conference in Helsinki which led to this publication.I am grateful to Dr.Leong Chan-Hoong for his encouraging comments and constructive criticisms on an earlier version of the paper,and I remain indebted to Prof.C.J.Wee Wan-Ling for his support which enabled my Singapore fieldwork.I thank all the Chinese“foreign talent”scholars in Singapore who took part in my research,and hope that my account has done their experiences justice.
With the rise of educational mobilities worldwide,students’experiences of educational sojourn,especially that of the Chinese Mainland students,have come under greater research attention in recent years.Amongst divers...