International Student Mobility in Crises: Globalization and Foucault’s Rhetoric Question

Introduction During the current difficult time of the worldwide fight against the pandemic,international organizations,governments,and civil society have been heatedly debating the strategies and measures that should be taken by the affected countries.Given the situation that China could call upon the whole nation to battle against the COVID-19 and currently put the epidemic under control,while countries in other continents are at the stage of coronavirus outbreak and struggling with death,depression,and shortage of medical supplies,the battle of narratives also breaks out,reflected by mass communication and varied media.However,mass media and social media not only report and depict the outbreak in China and now in other places but may also be utilized by politicians to stigmatize other countries,to provoke controversies,and to criticize human rights and political systems in other countries.The recent Nature Editorial also responds to such chaos and appeals the public to stop the coronavirus stigma(“Stop the Coronavirus Stigma Now”,2020).The article points out“the pandemic is fueling deplorable racism and discrimination,especially against Asian people”(2020,p.165)and makes“people of Asian descent around the world subjected to racist attacks”(2020,p.165).