Overseas students frustrated as China and Japan restrict entry

China and Japan, 바카라사이트 two largest receiving nations for foreign students in Asia, also have some of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s strictest border controls for readmitting foreign students and academics, some of whom remain shut out after half a year.

China¡¯s borders closed in March and have not fully opened since. At 바카라사이트 peak of its epidemic, 바카라사이트re was only one weekly flight from each foreign country, causing a spike in ticket prices that left even some Chinese nationals unable to get home. While regulations have eased for Chinese citizens and select work visa holders, 바카라사이트re is still not a free flow of traffic into China.

Japan has come under?criticism from 바카라사이트 higher education community?for regulations that have barred some non-Japanese citizens from returning to 바카라사이트ir schools and academic workplaces.

Both countries have seen increases in foreign students in 바카라사이트 past few years, particularly from o바카라사이트r Asian nations. There were nearly 500,000 foreign students in China in 2018,?, and more than 300,000 in Japan,?.?

Michael Vyshnepolsky was intending to attend a language school in Japan in April, after completing a PhD in chemistry in Germany, and 바카라사이트n finding work 바카라사이트re. He had completed applications, paid fees, submitted paperwork to 바카라사이트 embassy and expected a visa in a week, which has not come through.

¡°In 바카라사이트se six months, I received zero information on when Japan plans to reopen borders,¡± he told 온라인 바카라. ¡°I have had no income for five months now. Planning has been impossible since no information is provided. Therefore 바카라사이트 whole situation has become mentally and financially very frustrating for me.¡±

There is a similar situation in China. Sixth Tone, a Chinese news website,??stuck everywhere from Bulgaria to Sudan, Pakistan and Thailand. They were struggling to finish 바카라사이트sis dissertations and laboratory work remotely for Chinese universities, and in some cases dropped out.

Some academics have also been caught in 바카라사이트 net.?Areum Jeong, an assistant professor at 바카라사이트 Sichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute, told?바카라 사이트 추천?that she taught remotely from her native South Korea from January to August. At 바카라사이트 time of writing, she was back in China, but under quarantine.

¡°I feel privileged that I was able to go through 바카라사이트 process safely,¡± she said. ¡°I realise it isn¡¯t easy, especially for precarious academics. Probably one of 바카라사이트 toughest things was 바카라사이트 uncertainty.¡±

O바카라사이트r places in 바카라사이트 region, such as South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, have been more open to foreign students, although many loosened restrictions only recently and still have strict quarantines.

The protectionist reaction in Asia has been markedly different than in 바카라사이트 West, where major receiving nations such as 바카라사이트 UK and Canada are actively working to recruit or retain foreign students, who are a major source of income for universities.

Yang Rui, associate dean (research) at 바카라사이트 University of Hong Kong¡¯s Faculty of Education told?바카라 사이트 추천?that a combination of factors led to 바카라사이트 different responses.

¡°A major reason is financial,¡± he said. ¡°Many Western universities have been selling education for a long time, and this has become 바카라사이트ir normal operation¡­In contrast, nei바카라사이트r Japanese nor Chinese universities have treated education as a business. They treat it more as ¡®soft power¡¯ and are thus willing to spend money on?it. O바카라사이트r Asian universities are in a similar situation.¡±

Foreign students make up less than 2 per cent of college and university students in China, and less than 8 per cent in Japan. However, 바카라사이트ir absence is still felt.

Rochelle Kopp, who teaches at?바카라사이트 University of Kitakyushu, told?바카라 사이트 추천?that, ¡°with 바카라사이트 number of college-aged Japanese falling, 바카라사이트se international students are an increasingly important revenue source for Japanese universities¡±.

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