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Short-term academic visits to China could sustain ties

Nature作者：Xiaoqi Zhou2026年10月27日查看原文 ↗
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Your news article on the rising number of Asian and African PhD students in China (Nature https://doi.org/rtsq; 2026) highlights an important trend but overlooks a complementary pathway: short-term visiting programmes, now made much more accessible by China’s visa reforms.

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Nature 658, 1356 (2026)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-03405-4

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