娜塔莎, do you know Confucius Institute, 孔子学院 ? This 孔子学院 provides "Scholar_Ship(financial aids)" for foreign students coming to China or in local 孔子学院, for example in Moscow, Paris, London,...etc. I heard also that University of Peking, 清华大学,...etc providing that also for one year or so for tuitions free and one or two thousands RMB for foreign students. I do not know your "Acpuncture" school provided the same benefits ? Your young sister or 小姨子 can try to apply that for next academic year(2024)...