China and Japan keep borders shut as new term starts

Hundreds of thousands of foreign students continue to be left out as classes resume in September

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August 27, 2021

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August 27, 2021

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A man wearing a face mask talks to another man through a makeshift barricade wall in Wuhan, Hubei, China as a metaphor for China and Japan to keep borders shut for another term

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