Category: Chinese students

Netherlands to Screen Foreign Doctoral Students in Tech Fields, Citing Security Risks

The Netherlands is citing possible security risks as it ponders legislation that would see screening of international students who intend to pursue doctoral studies in technical professions, a spokesperson for the Education Ministry announced on Monday. The move is the most recent step taken by the Dutch government to hinder Chinese entities and students from accessing Dutch…


China’s New US Ambassador Calls on ‘Compatriots’, Chinese Students to ‘Serve the Motherland’

China’s new ambassador to the United States has called on his Chinese compatriots and Chinese students in the United States to work with the Chinese Embassy to serve communist China in his open letters published on the embassy’s official website. Upon his arrival on May 24, the new ambassador Xie Feng published the letters in…


Number of US Students Studying in China Drops to 20-year Low; Chinese Students Remain Largest Group of International Students in US

China’s strict “zero-COVID” policies and control measures in recent years have brought the number of American college students studying in China to its lowest point in more than two decades. Meanwhile, Chinese scholars continue to be the largest group of international students studying in the United States. According to data published by The Wall Street…


Struggle For Chinese Democracy Erupts at University of Sydney

Pro-Beijing Chinese students have launched a targeted campaign against anti-Communist demonstrators on another Australian university’s campus. “I got kicked a lot. [They] kicked my Pooh’s head off,” said Aaron Chang, a Chinese student who has been trying to raise people’s awareness of the true situation in communist China by attending protests dressed as Winnie the…


Chinese Students Forced to Scramble Back to Australia as Beijing Shuts the Door on Online Study

Tens of thousands of Chinese students will have to return to Australian campuses after a sudden ban on remote studying for overseas diplomas by the Chinese Education Ministry. On Jan. 28, the Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange under the Education Ministry announced that from the first semester of 2023, the Center would no longer…


Toronto Students Hold Anti-CCP Protest in Support of Dissidents in China

On a chilly Saturday in Toronto, a group of Chinese students demonstrated at Mel Lastman Square, hoping to send their voices of support to dissidents in China, who have been protesting against Beijing’s draconian COVID-19 policies and calling for an end to the authoritarian Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Lin Litong, a co-organizer of the Nov. 19…


Capistrano Unified Allows Foreign Students to Enroll in District Schools for One Year

The Capistrano Unified School Board approved a new program last week to allow foreign students to enroll in the district’s schools for up to a year. The program—which is separate from the district’s existing student exchange program—is intended to “provide another form of access for international students … as well as augment enrollment,” according to…


Chinese Student in Kyiv: I See the True Face of the Chinese Regime

“I used to be a patriotic, angry youth,” a Chinese student said from Kyiv. “I would fight immediately if anybody dared to say bad words about the Beijing authorities. Now, I will never believe in our regime. Never, never, never.” Mei Qinghe (pseudonym) told the Chinese-language Epoch Times in the phone interview on March 10 that she…


Chinese Student in Kyiv: I See the True Face of Chinese Regime

“I used to be a patriotic, angry youth,” a Chinese student said from Kyiv, Ukraine. “I would fight immediately if anybody dared to say bad words about the Beijing authorities. Now, I will never believe in our regime. Never, never, never.” Mei Qinghe (a pseudonym) told the Chinese-language Epoch Times on March 10 that she fully…


After Escaping Ukraine, Chinese Students Still Face Difficulties in Getting Home

After Chinese students escape Ukraine, they still face difficulties in getting home. Although Beijing arranged for airplanes to pick them up, they said the ticket price wasn’t affordable and each person’s departure date was unknown. In addition to paying for the airline ticket, the regime expects the students to cover the cost of the quarantine…