{"id":94057,"date":"2020-12-07T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T18:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=94057"},"modified":"2020-12-07T12:00:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T18:00:54","slug":"chinese-international-students-struggle-to-return-home-amid-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chinese-international-students-struggle-to-return-home-amid-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese international students struggle to return home amid the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Amy Ouyang<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Starting in March with the newly enforced flight restrictions, the entry restrictions for foreigners and Chinese citizens quickly tightened. The increasing restrictions leave many Chinese international students with no other choice but to either purchase highly expensive flight tickets to fly back home or remain abroad until the relaxation of the current restrictions. When will that be? Nobody knows.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Chinese international students struggle to return home amid the pandemic by MedillReports\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F943032121&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=800&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Amy Ouyang is a social justice reporter at Medill. 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