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Number of South Korean students in China plummets

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A South Korean walks past a billboard of a Chinese language institute in Seoul, July 6, 2004. The number of South Koreans studying in China has dropped dramatically in recent years. [Reuters]

South Korea's government recently revealed new data that shows the number of Koreans studying in China has dropped dramatically in the past six years, shrinking by nearly 60,000 students.

South Korean students and observers tell VOA's Mandarin Service that strict COVID controls during the pandemic, fewer Korean companies operating in China as the world's second-largest economy slows and growing anti-China sentiment at home are among some of the factors feeding the decline.

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