'Even Xi Hasn't Left China': Pakistan FM Expresses Inability to Help Students Return to China

Before the pandemic, in 2018, China hosted 492,000 foreign students (ranking third in the world) from 196 nations, who were enrolled in degree and non-degree courses across its 1,004 universities, as per official figures. While S. Korea sent the largest contingent of foreign students to China, over 28,000 Pakistanis were present there at the time.