China-Australia relations: student housing sector Down Under hit by border closure, rift with Beijing

A decline in international students, including those from China, has forced the owners of student accommodation in Australia to turn their properties into residential or co-living flats, analysts said.Last year, with borders closed, international students enrolling in Australian educational institutions declined 9 per cent to 686,104, with 28 per cent coming from China, followed by 17 per cent from India, according to data from the Australian government. As of March, there were 512,855 students…

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