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China’s Zero-COVID Policy and Travel Restrictions Leaves Thousands of Young Africans in Limbo

by Eric Olander

With China’s borders all but sealed and no prospect of reopening soon as long as strict COVID-19 mitigation protocols are in effect, tens of thousands of African students are left wondering what’s going to happen to their education at Chinese universities.

Prior to the pandemic, China received more than 80,000 students annually, many on scholarships, making it one of the top two destinations in the world for Africans to study overseas.

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