About foreign students in China

"China’s Ministry of Education is reporting that the number of foreign students in the country reached a record high of more than 260,000 in 2010. Statistics from the ministry carried by the official China Daily on Friday showed that 265,090 students from 194 countries were studying in China. That represented a jump of 8 percent from the 240,000 students in 2009."

Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/world/asia/05briefs-China.html?_r=1