Episode 5: Zhiwen Yang

"All of a Sudden, the Path is Gone" - The Awkward Situation Shared by Chinese Students Who Planned to Study in the U.S.

In today’s episode, we feature Zhiwen Yang. He is a graduate from Beihang University, a university sanctioned by the U.S. government and put onto the BIS “Entity List.” In his original plan, Yang would be enrolling in Washington University in St. Louis this fall to start his Ph.D. program in biomedical engineering. However, the pandemic and the increasing tension between the U.S. and China have added difficulty to executing his plan.

From this episode, we can gain insights into the influences U.S.-China political conflicts have cast onto Chinese undergraduates. Yang’s narrative also reveals his disappointment toward American immigration policies. 

This episode is in Mandarin.