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LYNSEY:..UNFORTUNATELY
CONCERNS ARE STILL AT AN ALL
TIME HIGH IN CHINA -- WHERE A
WEST MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
STUDENT IS STUCK IN A SMALL
VILLAGE THAT'S VIRUTALLY SHUT
DOWN TO AVOID AN OUTBREAK...
NEW AT 7-- KYLE MITCHELL SPOKE
TO HIM ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE.
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(KYLE)DYLAN TULETT HAS BEEN
STUDYING IN CHINA FOR A YEAR
AND A HALF. HE'S IN A VILLAGE
THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY CASES OF
THE VIRUS BUT CAN'T LEAVE AS
THE COUNTRY WORKS TO CONTAIN
THE OUTBREAK.
----"RIGHT NOW I'M IN GUIZHOU,
CHINA."AS THE CORONAVIRUS
CONTINUES TO
SPREADa& "THERE'S ABOUT 200
PEOPLE IN THIS VILLAGE NONE OF
THEM ARE SICK AS OF NOW."
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
SENIOR DYLAN TULLETT IS TRYING
TO MAKE THE BEST OF TRAVEL
RESTRICTIONS KEEPING HIM
CONFINED TO A VILLAGE IN
SOUTHERN
CHINA. "SHORTLY AFTER I
ARRIVED HERE. I HEARD ABOUT
THE VIRUS AND AFTER THAT THEY
BLOCKED OFF THE ROADS AND SO I
GUESS I'M GONNA BE STUCK HERE
FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY."
DYLAN IS ORIGINALLY FROM GRAND
RAPIDS AND HAS BEEN STUDYING
MANDARIN AT A UNIVERSITY IN
BEIJING. "IN THIS PROVINCE
THERE AREN'T THAT MANY PEOPLE
THAT ARE SICK WITH THIS VIRUS."
HE HAS BEEN KEEPING PEOPLE
UPDATED ON HIS SITUATION
THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.DYLAN
TULETT / WMU STUDENT IN CHINA
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"I HAVE A TWO MONTH BREAK
PERIOD SO JANUARY THROUGH
FEBRUARY AND THEN SCHOOL
STARTS FEBRUARY 24TH BUT I
MEAN THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN ME A
START DATE OR ANYTHING."HE IS
TRYING TO KEEP BUSY LEARNING
THE LANGUAGE AND VILLAGE
TRADITIONS.
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"THE PLAN ACTUALLY WAS TO
HAVE MY PARENTS COME VISIT ME
IN BEIJING AND WE WERE GONNA
TRAVEL AROUND THERE BUT THEN
ONCE WE HEARD ABOUT THE VIRUS
WE'RE LIKE OKAY MAYBE WE CAN
GO TO THAILAND AND TRAVEL
THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT BUT
THEN, I GOT STUCK HERE AND SO
THAT'S NOT EVEN AN OPTION NOW."
LAST WEEK WMU ESTABLISHED A
NEW POLICY TO NOT SEND
STUDENTS TO CHINA WHILE THE
OUTBREAK IS A CONCERN BUT
DYLAN WAS ALREADY
THERE. "MY PLAN NOW IS TO WAIT
A BIT."HE SAYS HE'S IN CLOSE
CONTACT WITH HIS STUDY ABROAD
ADVISOR AS HE FIGURES OUT WHAT
TO DO NEXT AND WHETHER HE WILL
BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE
UNIVERSITY IN BEIJING.
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"IF MY SCHOOL DOESN'T GET
BACK TO ME BY LATE FEBRUARY
THEN I'M GONNA START THINKING
ABOUT HEADING BACK."(KYLE)
DYLAN SAYS HE HAS NOT YET
CONTACTED THE U.S. EMBASSY AND
IS HOPEFUL HE WILL BE ABLE TO
COMPLETE HIS MANDARIN STUDIES
IN BEIJING.IN THE KALAMAZOO
STUDIO, KYLE MITCHELL, NEWS 8.
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LYNSEY:..WE TALKED WITH W-M-U
LEADERS WHO WILL ONLY CONFIRM
THAT THEY DO HAVE A STUDENT IN
CHINA -- BUT WON'T TALK ABOUT
THE SITUATION BEYOND THAT,
CITING PRIVACY POLICIES.
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