Would it be hard for someone graduated from post-soviet uni to apply for english taught phil phd?

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I am from Kazakhstan and really struggling to decide where to study philosophy for undergrad. My dream is to get phil phd abroad and be a philosophy professor in my home country. My main interests are phenomenology and structuralism, but I dont speak any french or german. I speak Kazakh, Chinese, English and Russian, so currently considering english taught program mainly, maybe chinse also.

I would love to study philosophy in L. N. Gumilev Eurasian National University (ENU) as it's free, one of the best in my country and next to my home. Most of the professors in ENU are trained under soviet culturology but they still care about catching up with contemporary analytic/post modern philosophies. I believe this uni would offer me decent education for undergrad.

However, even the best of my country pale in comparison to institutions of countries like France, Germany and USA. I really doubt that this no name uni would help to get phd abroad. Thus, I am considering to study abroad in undergrad too. But application for foreign unis as poor international is extremely competitive. I almost have no chance to study abroad with full ride except China mainland and hongkong sar（thanks to belt and road scholarship).

Do you guys know whether coming from no name uni really a trouble when applying for phil phd? I dont aim for top programs. Schools like New school, u of kentucky would be great for me.

Btw, how do you guys think ab studying in china? Would studying in hong kong sar and china mainland be a good idea? The schools I am considering are Chinese University of Hong kong, Lingnan University, PKU/TSINHUA and Fudan University.