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Can Western universities survive without China?

Some universities fear they have become too financially dependent on Chinese students - and thanks to Covid-19, they're staying away this year.

Some universities fear they have become too financially dependent on fee-paying Chinese students - and thanks to Covid-19, many of them are staying away this year.

Salvatore Babones, an associate professor at the University of Sydney, says Australia is particularly vulnerable to this, while Vivienne Stern of Universities UK says it’s just one of a number of serious concerns for UK and US universities. We also hear from Chinese students already in the UK about whether they think it’s worth continuing.

(Picture: An empty classroom at an Italian University; Credit: Getty Images)

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