The chart below shows the number of international applicants to the universities of one European country. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

A glance at the chart provided reveals the number of foreign

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to the

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in a given

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nation during the period from 2004 to 2008. In general, the graph indicates that

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the

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in the given

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nation were more popular among American and Chinese students, they attracted fewer students from Japan and Russia. It is evident from the information supplied that the

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received the highest number of applications from China and the United States. From 1400 American

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in 2004, it climbed to 1700 in 2006, before peaking at 2700 in 2008. Despite

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upward trend, Chinese aspirants to study in those

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universities

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experienced a downward trend and plunged from 2700 candidates in 2004 to merely 1500 in 2008. In stark contrast,

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, the lowest number of applications were sent from Japan and Russia to those

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universities

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.

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Japanese candidates increased from 700 in 2004 to 1000 in 2008, Russian

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remained stable at approximately 200

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during all the studied years.