Westminster School, a London-based elite private school, announced on Tuesday its “ambitious” educational projects in China have come to an end, citing the COVID-19 pandemic and “recent changes in Chinese education policy” as reasons for its departure. In a letter to parents dated Nov. 2, Mark Batten, Westminster’s chairman of governors said, “You will be aware of an ambitious project, started in 2017, which would see the Westminster School name used for the first time outside the UK, for a new school in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. “It is with great regret I write to tell you that this project has come to an end for Westminster School and its wholly-owned UK-based subsidiary company, Floreat Overseas Holdings Limited (FOHL).” The school’s China operations, which initially aimed to develop up to six new bilingual schools in China, were fully funded by a Hong Kong-based investor who wished to operate schools in …