{"id":18298,"date":"2019-07-08T15:08:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T15:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=18298"},"modified":"2019-07-08T15:08:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T15:08:55","slug":"chinese-students-boycotting-us-uni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/chinese-students-boycotting-us-uni\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese students massively boycotting US universities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Chinese students have started avoiding US universities and heading to other countries to obtain higher education. And all because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-45899310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the trade war<\/a> between the US and China.<\/em><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a well-known fact that Chinese students are the primary source of abroad students and revenue for the universities of the US. <strong>Approximately 1\/3 of abroad students studying in American universities come from China.<\/strong><br \/>\nThese students flood billions of dollars into the economy of the United States. But this year the number of Chinese students in US universities has seen a significant downfall. March of 2019 displayed motions that hadn&#8217;t had happened in over a decade.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visa delays<\/li>\n<li>Possibilities of being rejected from research projects<\/li>\n<li>Safety issues and concerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to Chinese students and their parents, these factors have made the students from China decide to avoid US universities.<br \/>\nAs the survey by New Oriental has shown,<strong> Britain, Australia, and Canada<\/strong> are great study destinations for &#8220;refugee&#8221; Chinese students. <strong>Japan and South Korea<\/strong> have also seen the growth of Chinese student applications, as well as <strong>Germany and Scandinavian countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>What caused Chinese students to turn their backs on US universities?<\/h2>\n<p>In 2018, the US President, Donald Trump&#8217;s administration announced the visa changes for students in science and technology areas. Regular five years were shortened to one.<br \/>\nThe reason for this was the suspicion of these students never finishing their studies, as Gu Huini, Founder of Boutique College Consultancy says.<\/p>\n<h2>What do Chinese students and universities have to say?<\/h2>\n<p>Melissa Zhang is a 17-year-old high-school senior with past dreams of studying in the US. She now has abandoned these dreams, and started learning German to apply in the German university in STEM fields.<br \/>\nShe says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve already wasted a year preparing for my SATs.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Others say that the American dream has lost its&#8217; idea and shine.<\/strong><br \/>\nIt seems like the US government have a lot in common with the UK government, that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/indian-students-in-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drove away Indian students<\/a>.<br \/>\n<strong>Universities are concerned<\/strong> about the matter as well. Some of the universities, such as <strong>Yale and Stanford,<\/strong> had announced that the trade war between the US and China, had affected their process and campus recruitment.<br \/>\nEven though president Trump attempted to reconcile with Chinese students with a truce between presidents of both countries, they still feel like American isn&#8217;t safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese students have started avoiding US universities and heading to other countries to obtain higher education. And all because of the trade war between the US and China. It&#8217;s a well-known fact that Chinese students are the primary source of abroad students and revenue for the universities of the US. 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