Chinese language college students flock residence as coronavirus shuts Western campuses

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Chinese language college students flock residence as coronavirus shuts Western campuses

By David Kirton and Ryan Woo


By David Kirton and Ryan Woo

SHENZHEN, China/BEIJING, March 18 (Reuters)Packed onto a airplane stuffed with fellow Chinese language college students heading residence from the US, 20-year-old Harvard College undergraduate Roger Zhang wore goggles to thrust back the coronavirus for hours till they turned simply too uncomfortable.

Zhang is amongst tens of 1000’s of abroad Chinese language college students making the journey again to China, the place the coronavirus emerged late final yr, as fears of it grip Western nations and faculties and campuses shut their gates.

“I can not predict the long run, however it has appeared comparatively extra beneath management in China,” the Shenzhen native advised Reuters.

“There’s a lot of uncertainty and I believe having extra of a assist construction – household and buddies in China – would make this era simpler.”

China has had many of the world’s 187,000 circumstances of the virus and most of its 7,400 deaths however it now seems to have it beneath management. Most of…



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