Chinese students have helped bankroll the US economy. Now fewer want to study here and it risks America's position as a global leader.

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Chinese students have helped bankroll the US economy. Now fewer want to study here and it risks America's position as a global leader.

Interest in studying in America among Chinese students has declined steeply in recent years.
That's because of political tension between the US and China, the number of Covid deaths in the US, and anti-Asian racism.
Economists say fewer students from China could mean trouble for the US economy.

America's popularity among Chinese students has gradually declined over the last few years. It could burn financial, cultural, and diplomatic bridges for the United States.

That's according to a recent survey of 8,610 respondents on Chinese students' overseas studies conducted by Beijing-based private educational services provider the New Oriental Education and Technology Group. The researchers found that interest in studying in the US has declined steadily in the Middle Kingdom since 2015, while it's increased for the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and Singapore in that same timeframe.

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