曾经和身边的日本朋友聊到过这个问题，AA制算是社交方式的一种，代表日本的一个交流文化。我和日本人说，中国人讲究面子，注重朋友情谊的观念，所以按照中国传统的社交方式，今天你请，明天我再回请你，礼尚往来可以增进感情。一搞AA制，就代表不把自己当朋友，慢慢就不再来往了。而日本人则恰恰相反，觉得中国人是死要面子活受罪。付同样的钱，享受同样的美食和服务，平等地交谈，不用刚坐下来就开始担心怕对方点太多昂贵的让人咋舌的酒和菜，而使自己一直不停在偷着盘算自己到底有没有带够钱。其实，仔细想想也不是没有道理，因为的确每个人都会有被朋友，客户或是公司同事，请吃饭后，马上开始掂量什么时候回请，才能给足对方和自己的面子，实在是件很累的事。

近年来到中国发展事业或是干脆定居的日本人越来越多了，上次去上海出差的时候，去见几个多年工作在中国的日本人，看他们的待客方式以及打车时用中文流利地和司机调侃，感觉他们的确已经完全融入了中国的生活，可是慢慢聊着，一点一点了解他们在中国的点滴生活后，才知道原来他们还是喜欢去日本料理店，喜欢和在中国的日本朋友一起享受料理和酒水的定额套餐。“中国菜很棒，不过都是单品，到最后有时会不知道自己会吃多少钱，还是套餐比较方便”，他们笑着这样解释。 

对众多中国学子来说，日本吸引力已大不如前。其中既有教育层面原因，也有经济层面原因。从教育角度看，国内英文教育普及，多数初中、高中教授英文，日语所占比率很小，他们自然要去英语国家留学。再从出路看，赴英语国家留学，毕业后适应面较广，这也是赴日留学所不逮的。 

开放初期，海外留学只有少数国家可以选择，但今天，资讯十分发达，国内学子的海外留学选择面很宽。笔者在东南亚、东欧都曾遇到大批中国留学生。他们可以较低留学成本，换来同样的本科毕业证。 

不过，现今中国学子留学日本，仍有值得推荐的部分。首先，日本留学可以接触东西两种文化。以法学来说，既可直接阅读英美、德法等资料文献，也可以了解西法东渐过程的变化。这对同样为大陆法系的中国来说，日本的经验十分重要。而工学、理学，日本出现过不少诺奖获得者，居于世界领先地位。这也是值得学习的领域。 

The most common topic--particularly if only one essay is required--is the first, "tell us about yourself." Since this kind of essay has no specific focus, applicants sometimes have trouble deciding which part of their lives to write about. Beware of the chronological list of events that produces dull reading. Remember, also, to accent the positive rather than the negative side of an experience. If you write about the effect of a death, divorce, or illness on your life, tell about but don't dwell on your bad luck and disappointments.

Instead, emphasize what you have learned from the experience, and how coping with adversity has strengthened you as an individual.

1.      Tie yourself to the college: Why are you interested in attending, and what can the institution do for you? Be specific. Go beyond "XYZ College will best allow me to realize my academic potential.

2.      Read the directions carefully and follow them to the letter. In other words, if the essay is supposed to be 500 words or less, don't submit 1000 words.

3.      Consider the unique features of the institution, e.g., a liberal arts college will be impressed with the variety of academic and personal interests you might have, while an art institute would be most interested in your creative abilities.

4.      Be positive, upbeat and avoid the negatives, e.g. I am applying to your school because I won't be required to take physical education or a foreign language.

5.      Emphasize what you have learned, e.g. provide more than a narration when recounting an experience.

随着中国经济的发展，其更多公民将要以旅游者身份，或以商务或教育为目的访问美国。我们知道，赴美旅行将促进我们两国文化和人民间更好地了解。我们乐于迎接随着满足对我们签证需求爆炸式增长而来的挑战。我作为美国大使的优先工作之一是确保我们即使在需求上升的情况下，保持短的等待时间。留学一定要根据自己的实际情况来选择，最适合自己的才是最好的。学生要客观评价自己的学习水平，选择与之对等的学校。把专业、兴趣爱好和就业三者结合起来。

    在选专业时，大家的眼光不要只盯着那些热门专业，除此之外还有很多专业可能会给你带来更多的机遇。比如会展管理，现在中国每年大大小小的展会很多，绝对是个新兴行业，需要大量的管理人才。还有英语同传翻译专业，学校可以提供学生到联合国翻译的实习机会，另外还有视觉科学与视光学等专业，其实就是验光师，只要能考出相应的证书，就业非常容易。

出国留学是同学们的一个人生新起点，学校及专业的选择很可能会影响到一生的发展道路，出国留学是一个长远的计划及人生规划，院校及专业的选择则是这人生长卷的第一笔。Since Japan officially proposed the “Receipt of 300,000 International Students Program” in January this year, Japanese study has warmed up again. The core of this new policy is to recruit outstanding talents from Asia to study in Japan and then enter Japanese companies. The plan clearly states that in the future, the enrollment ratio of the Graduate School of Japan (Graduate School) will be expanded, and the ratio of undergraduate and graduate students will be adjusted from 5:3 to 5:5. But this does not mean an increase in the difficulty of enrolling undergraduates. In other words, after the transition of Chinese students through language courses, there is generally no question of not taking the university in Japan.

I have talked to Japanese friends around me about this problem. AA is a kind of social way, representing a communication culture in Japan. I told the Japanese that the Chinese pay attention to the face and pay attention to the concept of friendship. Therefore, according to the traditional Chinese social way, today, please, tomorrow, I will return to you, and the friendship will enhance the feelings. When you engage in an AA system, you will not be a friend, and you will no longer come and go. The Japanese, on the other hand, feel that the Chinese are dying for life. Pay the same money, enjoy the same food and service, talk on an equal footing, and don't just sit down and start worrying that you are afraid of too many expensive and astounding wines and dishes, so that you keep stealing and calculating yourself. Have you brought enough money? In fact, it is not unreasonable to think about it carefully, because indeed everyone will be friends, customers or colleagues in the company. After dinner, they will start to ask when they will return, and they will be able to give each other their own face. It is really very Tired things.

In recent years, there have been more and more Japanese people who have come to China to develop their careers or simply settled. When I was on a business trip to Shanghai last time, I went to see Japanese people who have worked in China for many years, to see how they are treated and how to use Chinese when they take a taxi. Fluently and the driver ridiculed, I feel that they have indeed fully integrated into the Chinese life, but slowly chat, little by little after learning about their little life in China, they know that they still like to go to Japanese restaurants, like and Japanese friends in China enjoy a set meal with dishes and drinks. “Chinese food is great, but it’s all single items. In the end, sometimes I don’t know how much I will eat, or the package is more convenient.” They laughed and explained this.

For many Chinese students, Japan’s appeal has been much worse than before. There are both educational and economic reasons. From an educational point of view, domestic English education is popular, most junior high schools and high schools teach English, and the proportion of Japanese is very small. They naturally want to study in English-speaking countries. From the way out, I went to study in an English-speaking country. After graduation, I had a wide range of adaptations. This is also a failure to study in Japan.

In the early days of opening up, there are only a few countries that can study abroad, but today, the information is very developed, and domestic students have a wide choice of studying abroad. The author has encountered a large number of Chinese students in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe. They can lower the cost of studying abroad and exchange for the same undergraduate diploma.

However, there are still some recommendations for Chinese students studying in Japan today. First of all, studying in Japan can be exposed to both cultures. In terms of jurisprudence, you can directly read the British and American, German and French literature, as well as the changes in the process of the West. For China, which is also a civil law system, Japan’s experience is very important. In engineering and science, there have been many Nobel Prize winners in Japan, ranking first in the world. This is also an area worth learning.