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As Americans and other foreign students have fled Chinese universities, the coronavirus outbreak is severing ties that have historically brought the country closer to the rest of the world https://nyti.ms/39zBYEp 1/
“I don’t know if I’ve ever been so disappointed in my life,” said Dexter Lensing, who left reluctantly. His suitcase sits in a dorm in Harbin. He didn't have time to fetch it and he's not sure when he'll be back because he has to finish his Phd in the US in the fall 2/
Ryan Trombly is another. She left for a long-planned holiday just days before China started quarantining cities. She didn't say goodbye to her friends because she had planned to return a week later. “It’s funny because it really came out of the blue for a lot of us." 3
For many foreign students like them, the outbreak has frozen or ended their opportunities to study a vast and complicated country. It comes at a fraught time for China’s relations with the world, as it seeks to build itself up as a counterweight to American global influence 4/
“It’s a metaphor for the decoupling that is going on in the high technology, trade and investment realm, although for totally different reasons,” says @orvilleschell. “All of those trends represent a wrenching of the fabric that was weaving a more cosmopolitan side of China.” 5/
For those who have stayed, life is quiet. “All the streets are empty and you can’t find anyone to talk to. It’s a little bit lonely” says Esma Dallakyan who is at Tsinghua in Beijing. But as a public health masters she's been getting a different kind of education these days 6/
I'm a med student who returned to the US for the CNY. My husb remains in CN. It's indefinite. First, my school said, "Come back now," & now they say I must have permission. No one understands how destabilizing this is. My husband is my home. Tnx for documenting this story.
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