4 h. ago Chinese Students Flocked to Central Illinois. Their Food Followed.

Chinese Students Flocked to Central Illinois. Their Food Followed.  The New York Times

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13 h. ago Tech takes centre stage as Chinese students weigh up major choices

Like millions of Chinese students, 18-year-old He Junjie is anxiously waiting to see which university and major will admit him after last month’s intensely competitive National Higher Education Entrance Examination, or gaokao. After evaluating his score and studying the universities and programmes he qualified for, He focused on engineering when submitting his applications a few weeks ago. Information and communications technology, as well as vehicle engineering, were the top choices, the young...

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14 h. ago Phone scams in Hong Kong up 22% in first 5 months of year but losses down

The number of phone scam cases in Hong Kong rose by nearly 22 per cent between January and May compared with the same period last year, but losses fell by almost two-thirds to HK$430 million (US$54.8 million) as fewer mainland Chinese students were cheated, police said. Chief Inspector Grace Wong Chi-man of the force’s Anti-Deception Coordination Centre said police had recorded 2,574 phone scams in the first five months of 2025, with a 45 per cent year-on-year drop in cases involving mainland...

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17 h. ago Chinese Grad Student in India Sheds Light on How India Talks About China Behind Closed Doors

Chinese Grad Student in India Sheds Light on How India Talks About China Behind Closed Doors  The China-Global South Project

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4 d. ago Head of US House panel urges schools to reconsider ‘nefarious’ Chinese scholarship programme

Representative John Moolenaar, the head of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, is calling on seven American universities, including Dartmouth College, to reconsider partnerships with a Chinese scholarship organisation. The move is the latest congressional attempt to curb the flow of Chinese students to the US over national security concerns. Since taking over as chair of the committee, Moolenaar, a Michigan Republican, has made ending US-China partnerships a priority. In...

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6 d. ago From Classroom to Commerce: The Value of Chinese Students to American Business

From Classroom to Commerce: The Value of Chinese Students to American Business  The US-China Business Council

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6 d. ago Status, culture, cost: more Chinese students choosing Singapore as US declines

Miya Zheng once aimed to earn a master’s degree when she first arrived in the United States for her undergraduate studies. But now, three years later, the Chinese national has shifted her sights halfway across the world – to Singapore. “After staying here for some time, I realised that this isn’t quite the right place for me in the long run,” said Zheng, who is majoring in economics and statistics in the US and aspires to work outside China after graduating. She has faced increasing hurdles as...

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9 d. ago Chinese man caught in wig disguise trying to take exam for woman escapes

A bizarre case of academic fraud has sent shock waves through the Chinese online community, as an impostor was caught red-handed cross-dressing as a woman – complete with a wig and face mask – in an attempt to take an exam on behalf of another student. The scandal came to light on June 24 when a Chinese netizen revealed that a male student from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan, Hubei province, had attempted to impersonate a woman to take an exam at a public venue. According to...

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1 week ago Japan probes Chinese student’s role in exam fraud amid rising cheating scandals

A Chinese student at one of Japan’s top universities has been charged for the third time with helping others cheat in English proficiency tests, a case that observers say may be part of a broader and more sophisticated cheating network involving overseas university admissions. Wang Likun, a 27-year-old studying artificial intelligence at Kyoto University, was first arrested in May when he attempted to enter a TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) venue while impersonating...

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2 w. ago Trump administration’s shifting stance on Chinese student visas has broader consequences

Trump administration’s shifting stance on Chinese student visas has broader consequences  Fast Company

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3 w. ago Trump welcomes Chinese students just weeks after study visa directive

Trump welcomes Chinese students just weeks after study visa directive  The PIE News

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3 w. ago Autopsy: Jiang suffered several injuries before the fatal stab

The trial of the alleged murderer of Chinese student Jiang Ge began at 10 am on Monday in Tokyo. It will last seven days and the verdict is expected on Dec 20.

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3 w. ago Chinese Ph.D. student sentenced to at least 24 years in prison for raping multiple women

Chinese Ph.D. student sentenced to at least 24 years in prison for raping multiple women  NBC News

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3 w. ago Chinese Film Students Fret, Pursue Studies Elsewhere Amid U.S. Visa Uncertainties

Chinese Film Students Fret, Pursue Studies Elsewhere Amid U.S. Visa Uncertainties  The Hollywood Reporter

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3 w. ago Chinese student who drugged and raped 10 women in UK and China sentenced to life in prison

Chinese student who drugged and raped 10 women in UK and China sentenced to life in prison  CNN

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3 w. ago Chinese student jailed for 24 years for raping women in UK and China

Chinese student jailed for 24 years for raping women in UK and China  Reuters

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3 w. ago China internet pioneer urges students to put off graduate school, start

Charles Zhang Chaoyang, the founder, chairman and CEO of Chinese internet pioneer Sohu.com, urges college students on the mainland to skip postgraduate studies and defer plans to start a new business until they “gain some real experience” by working for a company. Citing his own experiences, Zhang said his postgraduate degree did not contribute much when he set up and began running his own company, according to his Saturday interview with Rupert Hoogewerf, chairman and chief researcher at Hurun...

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4 w. ago Opinion | Revoking the Visas of Chinese Students in the U.S. Is a Horrible Idea

Opinion | Revoking the Visas of Chinese Students in the U.S. Is a Horrible Idea  The New York Times

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4 w. ago Hong Kong’s rent surge hits mainland students and professionals

Wang Ruoshuo, a 21-year-old student from Hefei, the capital of central Anhui province, is searching for a flat in Hung Hom in southern Kowloon, which is close to her university and the company where she interns. As a first-time renter, however, she has been taken aback by the high prices. Wang and her friends are looking for a two-bedroom unit, budgeting about HK$7,000 to HK$8,000 (US$892 to US$1,019) per person. “But when we began our search, we found that properties meeting our criteria would...

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last month Is this the end of summer US study trips for Chinese children?

For two decades, it was popular for many Chinese families to send their children on “study tours” overseas – most often to the United States – during the summer. The programmes generally involved summer camps jointly organised by American universities and language institutions, as well as visits to colleges, museums and tourist attractions. In 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic, around 1.3 million Chinese students spent part of their summer holidays studying overseas, according to a report by...

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