Are Australian universities taking risks over the Chinese student boom?

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A new report is warning Australian universities are enrolling an unsustainable number of foreign students, in particular Chinese, putting institutions' financial viability at risk.

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A new report is warning Australian universities are enrolling an unsustainable number of foreign students, in particular Chinese, putting institutions' financial viability at risk.

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