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preface
You may not know that the Chinese International Student Association has an irreplaceable position in the development of United States scientific research.
For many years, China has been the country with the largest number of foreign students, especially for the United States, which is the largest source of international students to the United States.
However, in recent years, there has been a sharp drop in the number of Chinese students going to United States, and ninety percent of them no longer study in United States, which makes Professor United States very important, because Chinese students are very important to scientific research.
So why did United States lose its appeal to mainland students? Why do mainland students play an important role in the development of United States scientific research?
The wave of studying abroad subsided
Since the mainland's reform and opening up, there has been a sharp increase in the number of students studying abroad on the mainland, especially in recent years with economic development, and everyone has the conditions to send their children to receive education abroad.
United States is the main choice for mainland students and the country with the largest number of Chinese students, but in recent years, the number of students studying in the United States has obviously declined.
Although the mainland is now the country with the largest proportion of international students in United States, many international students have gradually given up the idea of studying in the United States and have chosen European countries or Australia.
According to the data, in the entire academic year from the second half of '22 to the first half of '23, the number of Chinese students in the United States was about 289,500, a decrease of 22 percent compared with the number in '19-20.
Among them, many international students choose to continue their studies in other countries, and a large number of students choose to receive education in China and give up the opportunity to study abroad.
Over the years, the development of Chinese education has been completely comparable to the top foreign universities, so Chinese educational institutions are also very attractive to students who want to study abroad.
According to the data limit of the past seven years, the number of students studying in the United States has dropped by 89 percent compared to the number of students studying in the United States in 2017.
Information source: August 21, 2024 China.com The number of young students studying in China plummeted by 7% to less than 10,000! Meigao is deeply trapped in the "tide of bankruptcy", and the golden age of learning has ended?
The reason for this cliff-like gap is that in recent years, the problems in United States society have become more and more obvious, and it was always said that the environment in United States was "sweet", but after international students experienced it personally, it can only be described as "bad".
Seeing that there is a strong gap between the propaganda scene of United States in China and the international students themselves, everyone has given up their plans to study abroad in United States, and the main reason for all this is the changing attitude of United States towards international students.
A multifaceted attitude
Although the United States has been boasting of "welcome" Chinese students, it cannot change the fact that in the first half of 2023, the number of Chinese students will hit a ten-year low.
Many students abandon their United States study abroad plans, mostly due to three factors: social security, the cost of living, and severe discrimination against Asian Americans.
Since the government allowed the legalization of illegal drugs, there are not only many homeless people on the streets of United States, but now there are many "walking dead", which makes international students feel unsafe in United States.
The cost of living for international students in the United States is also very high, according to the estimates of United States organizations, the average cost of a university in United States is about $38,270, while in China, the cost of students is about $2,000 to $10,000, which is really a lot of money.
The most unbearable thing for Chinese students is that Asian Americans are often discriminated against in United States, especially during the epidemic, anti-Asian sentiment in United States is high, which brings huge psychological problems to many international students.
Although United States has been verbally "supporting" Chinese students to study in the United States, there are always student unions that have inexplicably appeared on the United States's "sanctions list", causing students to cancel their plans to study in United States.
In addition United States government often repatriates Chinese students without reason, and in the past three years, United States has repatriated more than 70 students from the mainland for no reason, and even if they have legal materials, they cannot continue to stay in United States.
Although United States universities are still very attractive, the attitude of the United States government still discourages many international students.
An assistant professor at Princeton University United States warned of the decline in international students, saying that Chinese students play a very important role in the development of United States scientific research.
Unfortunately, Chinese students are not treated and respected in United States, and are branded as "potential threats", making United States treat mainland students even more differently.
Source:2024-08-20 The Paper "Chinese students are vital to United States research, but unfortunately..."
"Special" treatment
In March this year, when a mainland student was about to enter the United States, he was stopped by the staff at the San Francisco airport and taken to a "small black house".
The student was questioned by law enforcement officers for 12 hours without stopping, and after 20 hours of detention, the student was finally deprived of his visa and repatriated.
This kind of thing has happened from time to time in recent years, and although the United States has repeatedly stated that it "welcomes" Chinese students, even the simple visa issue has to be involved in politics.
In 2020, the United States explicitly stated that it would ban the issuance of visas to some students and scholars, and since the announcement was signed, more than 5,000 students and scholars have been unjustifiably repatriated.
The United States has always used national security as an excuse to censor and repatriate Chinese students for no reason, believing that students did not "learn art" in the past, but "steal art", causing many students to suffer unjustly.
Therefore, how to obtain a visa has become the main problem faced by Chinese students, United States and it is even more difficult for Chinese students to get into United States university if they are obstructed in terms of visas.
Students who are granted visas are also treated "specially" by the United States, with other countries having visas for several years, while China's visa is only a short one.
And if you leave the United States halfway, the visa needs to be re-processed, and whether it can be passed at that time is another matter, and even if you don't leave the United States, the United States will repatriate Chinese students at any time for various reasons, which makes many students full of anxiety.
This unprovoked behavior of the United States has been strongly resented by the mainland, which is not only discriminatory against and harmful to Chinese students, but also detrimental to exchanges between the people of China and the United States, and an obstacle to people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.
Source:2024-03-15 China Youth Network Inventory nuisance continues When will United States really "welcome Chinese students"
Conclusion
The declining intention of Chinese students to go to the United States is the result of the continuous emergence of local problems in United States, and if United States cannot solve these problems in a timely manner, there will only be fewer and fewer Chinese students.
United States' attitude toward students studying in China is chilling, and study exchanges between the two countries are normal, but United States has repeatedly blocked the channels of exchanges, which has a very adverse impact on the development of relations between the two countries.
The precipitous downward trend has been noted, and it is hoped that the United States will change relevant policies in the future, improve local social problems, and create a good learning and living environment for difficult international students, so as to effectively alleviate the trend of continuous loss of international students.
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