Catchword: sea turtle

Filed Under: Language, English, Place, China, Subject, Employment

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: San Francisco-Chinese call them “sea turtles.” In the typical clever Chinese play on words, the word “turtle” has the same pronunciation as the word for “coming home.” Like turtles migrating across the ocean, they arrived in America either as international students or even as young children half a century ago. But now they are retuning to mainland China or Taiwan for job opportunities.

Article or Document Title:
“The Return of the ‘Sea Turtles’: Reverse Brain Drain To China” (URL)

Author:
Jun Wang

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Pacific News Service

Date of Publication:
Sept. 26, 2005

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