Australian universities will welcome back thousands of Chinese university students with open arms, despite Beijing 's ongoing feud with the federal government. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced students and backpackers can enter Australia without an exemption from December 1 in a significant relaxation of the international borders. Monday's announcement allows more than 80,000 Chinese ­student visa holders to return to Australia for the first time in almost two years. University and government officials hope simmering tensions with China won't impact Australia's crippled international student sector which has been devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic since early 2020. Thousands of Chinese…