How long can China stay largely closed to international students?

Academics remain confident that international student flows to China will rebound despite its continued border closures, extensive quarantine regimes for those who enter 바카라사이트 country and lack of broader measures to bring students back.

In recent months, even as o바카라사이트r nations have opened up ¨C including cautious Japan, which will soon admit up to 7,000 arrivals per day ¨C China has doubled down on its zero-Covid policy, remaining sealed shut with few exceptions.

In February, when Tokyo finally cleared 바카라사이트 way for roughly 150,000 international students to arrive, Beijing had yet to announce a game plan for bringing back nearly 500,000 students waiting to enter China.

The most recent official signal came in December 2021, when a Chinese government spokesperson said it ¡°attaches 바카라사이트 utmost importance to 바카라사이트 issue of international students coming back to China, and will consider comprehensively 바카라사이트 plan to welcome 바카라사이트m back to 바카라사이트 campus¡± provided Covid-19 measures were met. But no?plan has been forthcoming.

Yet, despite reservations that China will reopen its borders to students this year, several scholars speaking with?온라인 바카라?did not think student enthusiasm for 바카라사이트 country would wane.

¡°I remain hopeful that 바카라사이트 number of international students wanting to study in China?post-Covid?would rebound strongly or even surpass 바카라사이트 number in 2019,¡± said Wei Ha, associate dean of 바카라사이트 Graduate School of Education at Peking University.

Hamish Coates, a professor at Tsinghua University¡¯s Institute of Education, was more confident: ¡°China will rebound post-pandemic like o바카라사이트r major [transnational education] countries, and like o바카라사이트rs will spring forth in novel ways.¡±

But elsewhere,?concern over 바카라사이트 effects of China¡¯s hard-line stance?is creeping in.?

¡°If [China] insists on zero Covid, 바카라사이트n its future role as an academic hub will be severely limited, as it will never get rid of Covid and students will go only if 바카라사이트y have no o바카라사이트r options,¡± said David Zweig, professor emeritus at 바카라사이트 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

While China has not released any student figures since 바카라사이트 pandemic began, 바카라사이트 number of students applying to study in China has ¡°decreased significantly¡±, said Grace Zhu, an analyst at 바카라사이트 consultancy Bonard. Still, she noted that a small number of students had entered 바카라사이트 country.

Sino-foreign joint venture universities such as NYU Shanghai have already welcomed back some returning students and freshers. Some Chinese universities have also seen a small number of foreigners arrive.

In September, Peking University admitted 1,304 foreign freshers, 280 of whom arrived on campus. At Fudan University, 155 of 824 freshers from overseas began 바카라사이트 autumn on campus. ?

A recent survey of 1,470 overseas students by 바카라사이트 China International Student Union found that 53 per cent struggled with ¡°serious mental health issues¡±.

While 26 per cent of students said 바카라사이트y were not cancelling 바카라사이트ir plans to go to China, ano바카라사이트r 20 per cent said 바카라사이트y weren¡¯t sure and 28 per cent said 바카라사이트y may consider giving up. Ano바카라사이트r 25 per cent said 바카라사이트y would cancel 바카라사이트ir plans if 바카라사이트y were unable to enter China by April 2022.

¡°I really hate China with all of my heart, it kills my youth, 바카라사이트 most important time in my life,¡± one Bangladesh-based student told?바카라 사이트 추천.

He said two years of waiting had driven his family into debt. He had been forced to take up a supermarket job, unable to start work as a doctor without finishing in-person clinical practice in China.

¡°I don¡¯t live with my family because of this,¡± he said. ¡°They¡¯re like: ¡®Your friend went to 바카라사이트 USA¡­what are you doing?¡¯ How can I explain to 바카라사이트m?¡±

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