Chinese students make up the largest international student population in the US.
As Covid-19 gathered pace in the US last month, Amy Zhao lost her accounting job and then her visa status when she learned that she did not get picked in the work visa lottery.
“I’m doing this only because I can’t return to China just yet,” Zhao said. “There are many opportunities in China, and I don’t want to miss them.” Chinese students make up the largest international student population in the US, with nearly 370,000 students, including those on one-year extensions, for the academic year 2018-2019, according to the Institute of International Education.
Rahul Choudaha, director of industry insights and research communications at Graduate Management Admission Council, an association of graduate business schools, said recent political and trade tensions between China and the United States had already led to a softening of Chinese student enrolment in US universities. Recent travel restrictions and economic turbulence as a result of Covid-19 have compounded those challenges.
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