Hi guys, my name is Rich. I am the founder of China Admissions,
and we are an online platform for international students to apply to Chinese universities.
Ever since 2020 when the Coronavirus outbreak happened, students have been shut outside of China
and not been able to come back, with the exception of Korean students who've been able to come back
in 2020. So, I gave an update on the China Admissions’ channel about in January, about when
we expect international students to come back. And I also want to share a more recent update about
what is happening in China, and when we expect international students to come back.
So, firstly, it's been so difficult for international students who are
not able to come back to China, and I totally understand what it's like.
There's so many students who have difficult situations, and like for example, their friends,
any relationships, people are just so far apart. And it's so difficult to be doing work if you're
studying online, and maybe the internet in your country is not good or you need to be doing labs.
It's been really difficult for many students, especially with the Coronavirus happening in
your country, and then you see that China is very safe and there's not many cases in China,
so it makes students really want to come back to China. So, firstly, I need to explain when
do I expect international students to come back, and it's basically going to be depending on two
things. The first is how serious the Coronavirus situation is all around the world and in China,
and the second is the vaccination rates and how many people are vaccinated. So, I have some good
news and I have some bad news. The good news is that recently in China, the vaccinations have been
rapidly accelerating, and there's almost 800 million vaccinations. This is the number of
shots, not the total people vaccinated. So, according to this graph, then the vaccination
rate in China should be completed within a few months, which is a very very good news. But,
the bad news is that the Coronavirus situation all around the world is still going on, and in places
like India and Brazil, there are still a lot of cases. So, when students can come back depends on
these two factors, and they're going in opposite directions. There's more cases outside China,
and the vaccinations are accelerating within China. So, how do we know when students are going
to come back? It's very difficult to tell, because the situation is very uncertain. So, there's a
few different possibilities of what's going to happen. But in my personal opinion, I think that
the Coronavirus is here to stay in the long term. Based on what I’ve read about the
Coronavirus situation, it seems like it's not going to be totally eradicated anytime soon,
it's likely to continue long into the future and may never be eradicated. And it may become like a
seasonal flu that we get every year, just becomes less severe over time. Which is what happened with
the Spanish flu, it just started to circulate and people - it became less severe. And so, this is
probably what will happen with this situation, but it's very hard to know. So, it's really important
to take the vaccinations, and also have very good control of the virus. So, wearing a mask
and having good discipline. And it's likely that in China, they're not going to open up
every country in the world in one go. It’s likely that they're going to open up certain countries
that have less cases first and that have higher vaccination rates. So, we're likely to see stages
of countries being able to come back. This has already happened with Korea last year, and it's
probably what's going to happen in the future. So, with countries like India, it may be a long
time before they can come. But other countries, it may be a lot faster where they have very high
vaccination rates and low cases, for example like Israel or some other countries like that. But
it's very hard to speculate and it's very hard to control and to know what's going to happen because
this situation is very unpredictable. And this is really difficult for students because how do we
know what to do? And how do we know what to plan? And my personal opinion is that we just have to
prepare for the worst and hope for the best and in any situation we'll be happy. So,
it's very hard for students who are in their home country and they can't study very well online. So,
we just have to try our best to take advantage of the opportunities, and there are a lot of
opportunities around available for us. We can just continue to learn and just get ready because when
the situation comes back, when it goes back to the new normal, then there's going to be a lot more,
a lot of opportunities and people are so ready to travel, and so ready to do things. So, things
are going to be amazing when it comes back, and we just have to get ready and prepare for when things
go back. So, I hope this has been helpful for you guys who are trying to make a decision, and if you
have any questions or any comments about it, then just definitely let me know in the comments below.
And also, I really recommend some Chinese language programs if you want to learn Chinese in this
time. And Beijing Language and Culture University has a very popular Chinese language program -
which is very good. This is the reality of the situation, and it's not good just to be giving
positive news all the time and it's not good to be too negative, because in reality it's mixed,
it's both and we have to accept that. So, thank you for watching, and
if you like this video and you want more content, then please let me know in the comments below.