Australia’s Chinese Students Target of Virtual Kidnapping Crime

Education is Australia's fourth-largest trade — behind iron ore, coal, and natural gas.

More than 500,000 international students enrolled last year, bringing about AUS$37 billion into the economy.

The closure of its borders to travelers due to the coronavirus pandemic has crippled the sector and heightened tensions with Beijing has further threatened the flow of students to the country.

Last month, China's Ministry of Education warned students about "multiple discriminatory incidents against Asians in Australia" during the pandemic and discouraged students from returning to the country when the borders reopened. 

(Writer & Editor: Agence France-Presse) 

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