More students from China are choosing to study in Malaysia

Danial Chu, who hails from Kunming in China’s southwestern Yunnan province, is among a growing number of students from China who have applied to join Malaysian universities over the last five years. They made up about 38% of more than 110,000 foreign students in the Southeast Asian nation last year, write Melissa Goh and Louisa Tang for Channel News Asia.

Meanwhile, the number of Malaysians furthering their studies in China stands at about 4,000.
About 1,000 more Malaysians are studying at Xiamen University Malaysia in Selangor – the first overseas campus set up by a Chinese public university.

This year, both countries have pledged to further deepen ties as they mark 50 years of diplomatic relations. Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday 18 June for a three-day official visit, marking his first visit to the country as premier.
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