Earthquake threatens Chinese students US applications
International Herald Tribune: Millions of students across Asia have been inconvenienced by the rupture of two undersea data transmission cables in Tuesday's earthquake in Taiwan. Because of the quake, Internet speeds remained slow — and in some areas nonexistent — in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, China, Singapore and South Korea. It is expected to take weeks to fully repair the links.
According to the IHT, Beijing's China Service Center for Scholarly Exchange, a company that helps prepare applications for students looking to study abroad, said that about 300 of its clients weren't able to file applications — including some facing a Jan. 1 deadline because of the disruption. Some students are using mobile phones to try and submit their applications to US universities.
