China opens classroom doors to students from Thailand

Good news for students from Thailand as China announced last night that schools will be finally opening their doors to foreign students for the first time in two years.

Last year the Chinese ambassador, Han Zhiqiang, said that students from Thailand would be one of the first groups allowed to return to China when the country reopens.

Thailand has more than 30,000 students enrolled in educational programmes in China, only South Korea has more foreign students.

Han revealed he ordered his education counselors to assist in coordinating between Thai students and Chinese schools, to help them achieve their academic goals. He also commented that he is working with Chinese education officials to ensure the return of Thai students once Covid-19 is fully brought under control.

“If the Chinese government is ready to allow hundreds of thousands of international students to…