Trust me most students in US nowadays are family financial support. They are already rich. And the US do not often give enough working position for them (outside of tech, which h1b is not particularly friendly)
> better quality of life
This definitely is wrong. Those kids enjoyed a far better life in China than US.
> more personal freedoms.
Well, for what they want to do, they'll have more freedom...
If China is such a paradise for the children of the Chinese elite, why do they overwhelmingly go to US universities? Why bother ever leaving China at all?