The chart below shows the number of international applicants from four countries that a European university had from 2004 and 2008. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

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of students in four different countries who applied to a European university between 2004 to 2008.

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, Chinese candidates had the highest

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, but they were overtaken by America, which increased regularly, in the next few years. In 2004, China had the most students who wanted to study in European countries, which had nearly 27,000 applicants. At the same time, America ranked second with only 12,000 individuals. It is obvious that the gap between the first and the second group was massive. In 2008,

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, America had the

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of applicants which presented an almost equal level to China in 2004, and

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, China had a dramatic downward trend. The rest of the countries presented a moderate trend in the next five years

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on the other hand

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, the

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of Japan had a slight increase, which might not be

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than 5,000 people

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between 2004 and 2008.