Chinese students ‘turned off Australia’ by visa crackdown

Proposed visa caps, soaring rejection rates and ‘anti-China’ perceptions scaring off country’s most valuable student cohort

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June 17, 2024

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June 17, 2024

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Australian soldiers lower a Chinese flag to get it untangled outside the Parliament House in Canberra to illustrate Chinese students ‘turned off Australia’ by visa crackdown

Source: Australian Associated Press / Alamy

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