NEW YORK: When Michael Lee left China in 1986 to pursue an education in the United States, he was swapping a land of poverty for a land of plenty. Today, he is far from sure that's still the case.
Along with an increasing number of other well-educated Chinese living in America, Lee can't wait to return home as China, with its turbo-charged economic growth, offers better job prospects than the United States. Even the outbreak of the deadly SARS virus in Hong Kong and the mainland does not appear to be a deterrent.
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