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This book focuses on Chinese students studying in the United States in the first thirty years of the 20th century. It examines the experiences and choices of Chinese students studying in the United States during this period, and provides a perspective on the ideological and social practice trajectories of several generations of Chinese students studying in the United States as they seek a path to modernity for China. It not only focuses on the history of education and the history of Sino-US cultural relations, but also focuses on how the "modern" Chinese who evolved from the intersection and collision of the two cultures organized international student associations and responded to the domestic constitutional movement; repositioned the relationship between the intellectual class and the country; faced racial discrimination; dealt with marriage and love issues; "modern" amateur life, etc., Especially the experiences and thoughts of female international students that few people pay attention to. The argument is based on a large amount of first-hand information, making history vivid and perceptible. This reprint adds a long article "Stories of Four Seniors Who Study Abroad" as an appendix, which is emotionally and logically written and helps us better understand the life experiences and mental journeys of Meng Zhi, Zhang Yuanshan, Zou Bingwen, Pan Guangdan and even that generation of students studying in the United States.