While many Chinese parents send their children to schools abroad under the pressure of an exam-oriented educational system, a growing number of foreigners are discovering the merits of getting an education in China.
Despite high tuition fees and complicated admission procedures, Aron Ma, a Chinese-American from New York, has decided to send his two granddaughters to a kindergarten in Beijing in order to learn Chinese.
"They are the descendants of Chinese, and they should never forget that their roots are in China," he said.
China is undergoing a historical transformation that can provide opportunities to people around the world, he added.
Similarly, Mr Wang, a former visiting professor at Yale University who holds a US green card, came back to China with his family three years ago.
Wang's 6-year-old son finished kindergarten in Shanghai and has entered a primary school in Beijing.
Wang said Chinese education can foster discipline and a sense of collectivism. He fears his child would become self-indulgent under Western education, which emphasizes freedom and individualism.
In an article on China's Sina Weibo circulated widely among Chinese netizens earlier this year, an American father and Chinese mother wrote that they moved all the way to China from the US in order to help their daughter receive a Chinese education.
The couple wrote that the Chinese educational system is fairer than the American one, since the ability to get into schools in China is based on uniform examinations, which can effectively prevent corruption, while American education is more money-oriented and the quality of education the children receive is largely decided by their social strata.
Kai Lei, a senior reporter with Hong Kong Wen Wei Po newspaper, said the growing popularity of Chinese education around the world reflects the rise of China's international status.
According to Ministry of Education official Zhang Xiuqin, there are currently more than 330,000 foreign students studying in China, and this number is expected to reach 500,000 by 2020.
In 2013, China's Peking University enrolled 3,852 long-term overseas students from 115 countries.
Xinhua