BEIJING: China on Tuesday said it is “confident” that the first batch of Indian students stuck back home due to the COVID-19 visa restrictions here would return in the “near future”, raising hopes for thousands of students waiting to re-join their colleges in this country. “The Chinese side has been working intensively for the return of foreign students to China,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing here when asked about social media posts by some Chinese diplomats about the opening of a new visa policy.

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