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US deporting Chinese doctorate students with valid visas; Prolonged interrogations, confinement, forced confession, and deportation without just cause. (www.chinadaily.com.cn)

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[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 8 months ago (8 children)

Even though Chinese universities are fantastic, I can totally appreciate the desire for students to want to study overseas, there is definitely a benefit beyond the purely academic.

I would encourage them to maybe not go the US though. Other countries in Asia would probably be my first choice. South Africa and Egypt also have some very good schools. Even Europe has some of the same issues, but at least you are less likely to be shot.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 8 months ago (7 children)

I wonder if Russia might start becoming a popular option. Education system still retains a lot of its Soviet roots, so it's pretty solid.

[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 8 months ago

It's actually been pretty popular a choice for Japanese students here. Russian remains a very popular language to study. It's obviously a close neighbor (technically the closest) and was one of our biggest trade partners prior to the sanctions.

I am not sure if recent events have changed that much though, as we tend to follow US's lead in most things.

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