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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5354/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='How Do Americans View International Students?' data-article-id='5946'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10021'>Jack Li received his doctorate in science from a major university in the southeastern United States in 2020. </span> <span data-start-time='10021' data-end-time='22104'>The Chinese student said research opportunities remain strong in the U.S. but he planned to continue his work in Germany.</span> <span data-start-time='22104' data-end-time='34188'>Li told VOA earlier in 2021 that part of his decision was because of the “political environment in the U.S.” </span> <span data-start-time='34188' data-end-time='39063'>Li had good reason to feel that way.</span> <span data-start-time='39063' data-end-time='51500'>A recent survey by an education policy group showed Americans are somewhat concerned about too many Chinese students coming to study. </span> <span data-start-time='51500' data-end-time='62646'>The American Council on Education (ACE) talked to 1,000 Americans in the first part of 2021. </span> <span data-start-time='62646' data-end-time='73813'>It found that 43 percent of the people in the survey said they think international students take away places from American students.</span> <span data-start-time='73813' data-end-time='88375'>In addition, about 40 percent also said they think “some international students are sent by their country to try and steal valuable U.S. intellectual property.” </span> <span data-start-time='88375' data-end-time='98188'>When China was used as an example, nearly 50 percent said it is a “widespread problem.”</span> <span data-start-time='98188' data-end-time='105250'>Karin Fischer writes about international students for The Chronicle of Higher Education. </span> <span data-start-time='105250' data-end-time='114646'>Fischer said the number of international students coming to the U.S. grew by large numbers in recent years. </span> <span data-start-time='114646' data-end-time='125188'>So international students, especially those from China, became “a lot more visible” for people who live near colleges.</span> <span data-start-time='125188' data-end-time='142917'>“They’d become kind of caught up in the politics of immigration, of the politics of sort of Chinese-American geopolitical conflict, they got caught up in the politics of COVID and school re-opening a year ago.”</span> <span data-start-time='142917' data-end-time='162542'>The Institute of International Education’s Open Doors report says the number of international students in the U.S. has increased from 764,000 in 2011 to more than 1 million in 2020. </span> <span data-start-time='162542' data-end-time='176896'>In the same period, the number of Chinese students in the U.S. has nearly doubled from 194,000 to 372,000.</span> <span data-start-time='176896' data-end-time='183667'>Sarah Spreitzer is director of government relations for ACE. </span> <span data-start-time='183667' data-end-time='187979'>She helped write the report that came from the survey. </span> <span data-start-time='187979' data-end-time='195688'>She said it was important for ACE to learn how Americans feel about international students.</span> <span data-start-time='195688' data-end-time='209896'>ACE, she said, wanted to know if Americans supported the actions and words of former president Donald Trump and his administration related to international students. </span> <span data-start-time='209896' data-end-time='222667'>If they did, ACE wanted to make suggestions for how the administration of President Joe Biden could make life easier for international students.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5354/B.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=18207 data-hint-location='162542' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5354/in_the_same_period_the_number_of_chinese_students_in_the_us_has_nearly__blank__from_194000_to_372000.wav'>In the same period, the number of Chinese students in the U.S. has nearly <span class='blank'>doubled</span> from 194,000 to 372,000.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='doubled'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5354/quadrupled.wav'><span>quadrupled</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5354/doubled.wav'><span>doubled</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5354/halved.wav'><span>halved</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5354/left.wav'><span>left</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=18208 data-hint-location='39063' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5354/what_is_a_survey.wav'>What is a survey?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='an activity in which many people are asked a question or a series of questions in order to gather information about what most people do or think about something'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5354/an_activity_in_which_many_people_are_asked_a_question_or_a_series_of_questions_in_order_to_gather_information_about_what_most_people_do_or_think_about_something.wav'><span>an activity in which many people are asked a question or a series of questions in order to gather information about what most people do or think about something</span></div><div class='choice' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5354/according_to_a_2021_survey_what_percentage_of_surveyed_americans_think_that_some_international_students_are_sent_by_their_country_to_try_and_steal_valuable_us_intellectual_property.wav'>According to a 2021 survey, what percentage of surveyed Americans think that some international students are sent by their country to try and steal valuable U.S. intellectual property?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='40 percent'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5354/40_percent.wav'><span>40 percent</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5354/50_percent.wav'><span>50 percent</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5354/60_percent.wav'><span>60 percent</span></div><div class='choice' 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