CHINESE STUDENTS IN ENGLAND
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The Universities' China Committee endeavours to deal with the problems of Chinese Students in England as stated by Mr. 0. M. Green in his article and letter, and it will welcoMe the assistance of all who are interested. A " China Institute has been set up at 91 Gower Street, which serves as head- quarters for Chinese students and their British friends. In addition to a games room, lounge and a reading-room with Chinese and English papers, there are in this building the offices of the Chinese Warden and the Committee's Adviser to Chinese Students. These two work together, and, by enlisting the co-operation of others, are able to meet Chinese students on their arrival at the docks or the London railway termini, to give them advice about lodgings or English homes where they may live as paying guests, to help them plan out their.univer- sky courses, and to give them introductions which may bring them into friendly and natural touch with English social life. The Adviser is not only available in his London office, but during the year pays visits to all the provincial universities where there are groups of Chinese students, and to works or factories where there are isolated Chinese apprentices.
This work can succeed only as it springs from disinterested friendship which recognises that each of the two nations has something to gain and something to give. The Institute is already in friendly touch with practically the whole Chinese student community, and it would therefore welcome the names and addresses of English people who would like to share in its work and cultivate friendship with Chinese men and women who come to this country for study.—Yours, &c.,
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