Bilateral Tensions Cause the Number of American Students in China to Plummet 

FILE = People walk near the gate of Tsinghua University in Beijing, July 27, 2016.

Students from China and the U.S. have been traveling between the two countries for decades, playing an important role in cultivating people-to-people ties between the world’s top two economies. However, rising tension between Beijing and Washington in recent years is posing serious threats to this tradition.