American media: Chinese students halved or created US universities

The American "Wall Street Journal" article on August 12, original topic: Chinese student visas decreased by 50%compared with the level before the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia. In the first half of 2022, the number of American student visas issued to Chinese citizens decreased by more than 50%. The United States is losing its place of choice for Chinese students to study abroad.

According to data from the US State Department, in the first six months of 2022, the United States issued 31055 F-1 visas to Chinese citizens (that is, student visas), which was lower than 64261 in the same period in 2019. For more than ten years, China has been the biggest source of American international students. According to a report from the American Education Association, the 2019-2020 school year, Chinese citizens accounted for 35%of the number of international students in the United States and contributed a $ 15.9 billion economic value. If U.S. schools cannot recruit other international students, as the Federal Epidemic Relief Fund is exhausted, financial strikes may be devastating.

Many factors have led Chinese students to other places to seek higher education. They had to respond to strict travel restrictions related to epidemics, and the US consulate in China suspended visa services, making the process of studying abroad complicated. In addition, Chinese students stated that reports about the high mortality rate, gun violence, anti -Asian racism, and deterioration of Sino -US relations made them worry.

Many Chinese students mentioned that the then President Trump of the United States issued an order in 2020, prohibiting Chinese students and researchers in connected with military entities to enter the United States, saying that they are obviously not welcomed by American schools. A number of American universities managers said that the visa ban caused the application to be rejected, even those who did not have a clear military background. This ban is considered to be arbitrary, and some Chinese students have changed their views on the United States. In addition, a number of educational consultants said that with the rise in the global ranking of Chinese universities and the increasing views of employers' views on Chinese universities, Chinese students have become more and more discerning on whether they study abroad. (Author Warsa [sound], etc.)

The US "Forbes" Double Weekly website on August 11th, original topic: Chinese students from American universities are losing the Miami Herbert Business School, John Quielcic, saying that although American universities are still the best universities in the world First, the attraction of American schools in the group of Chinese students is declining. "In the past 10 years, Australia, Canada, Britain, and other European countries have increased their efforts to attract Chinese students. The United States has not done enough in visa, access and other processes." In addition to more intense competition and the United States itself The cumbersome procedures, "there is a short -term resistance such as the US dollar, which obviously makes potential European countries more attractive than the United States," Querech said.

Regarding some critics questioning why American schools should open their doors to this competitor in China, Querech said that cultural exchanges are generally beneficial to students and the United States. "From the perspective of cross -cultural exchanges, it is extremely important to have these international experience. In the end, they do have a certain degree of understanding and appreciation of other cultures. Russell Frannari, Wen Yuan translated)

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