A continuing increase in Chinese graduate applicants has helped to boost the number of foreign graduate students coming to the United States, according to the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) in Washington DC. On 19 August, the CGS reported a 3% increase in offers of admission to US graduate schools to international students (up from a 1% decline last year), including a 16% increase in offers to students from China. Last year, offers to Chinese students rose by 17%. Meanwhile, offers of admission to US citizens fell by 1%. Nathan Bell, director of research and policy analysis at the CGS, says that such growth from China isn't sustainable, largely because the country is quickly increasing its own training capacity.