China’s Inability to Attract Foreign Students, Tourists, and Investment: A Steady Decline
Foreign national arrivals in China are down by about half from their pre-COVID peak. 来斤小仓鼠吧, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Since Xi Jinping came to power in November 2012, China has promoted itself as a destination for foreign tourists and international students. After peaking around 2018–2019, both categories have trended steadily downward and have not recovered to pre-COVID levels. The Chinese Communist Party