How the loss of Chinese students could disrupt Australian universities | ABC News

Australia's education sector is heavily dependent on fees from Chinese students but enrolments are starting to fall. So what's behind the decline and what are universities doing about it?

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0:43 Birth of an industry
2:17 What went wrong?
3:36 Increased competition
5:07 How bad is it?
6:45 New directions

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