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Chinese students In the United States, studying the United States to understand its future after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday that some of them have their visa revoked.
The United States will begin to revoke the visas of certain Chinese students, including those who study in “critical areas” and “those who have links with the Chinese Communist Party”, according to the announcement.
China is the second largest country of origin to international students In the United States, behind only India. During the 2023-2024 school year, more than 270,000 international students came from China, representing about a quarter of all foreign students in the United States
Rubio’s announcement was a “new version of the Chinese exclusion law,” said Liqin, a Chinese student at Johns Hopkins University, who asked to be identified only by his first name for fear of reprisals. It referred to a 19th century law which prohibited Chinese from immigrating to the United States and has already prohibited the United States from obtaining citizenship. He said that Wednesday was the first time he thought of leaving the United States after spending a third of his life here.
Chinese international students are a point of tension
The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning described the unreasonable American decision.
“Such a politicized and discriminatory action exposes the lie of the United States that it maintains the so-called freedom and openness,” she said on Thursday, adding that China had posted a demonstration with the United States
The question of Chinese students student abroad has long been a point of tension in the bilateral relationship. In 2019, during Trump’s first term, the Chinese Ministry of Education warned students of visa problems in the United States, with the increase in rejection rates and the shortening of visas.
Last year, the Chinese Foreign Ministry protested that a number of Chinese students were unjustly questioned and sent home when they arrived at American airports.
Chinese state media has long aroused armed violence in the United States and violent demonstrations during the pandemic, and described the United States as a dangerous place that was not sure for its citizens. The tight bilateral relationship has also noted that some Chinese students choose to study in the United Kingdom or in other countries in the United States after the Pandemic.
Zou Renge, a master’s degree in 27 -year -old public policy at the University of Chicago, said that she planned to take some time and work in humanitarian aid programs abroad after graduating at the end of this year.
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But now, she will refrain from leaving the United States and will look for jobs in the meantime. “In a very uncertain environment, I will do my best to find myself a solution,” she said.
Hong Kong seeks to attract talents in the midst of uncertainty
Some were impatient to capitalize on the uncertainty that Hong Kong international students in the United States, John Lee told legislators on Thursday that the city would welcome all the students who were victims of American policies to study in the city.
“Students who face unjust treatment can come from different countries beyond the United States, I think that is an opportunity for Hong Kong,” he said. “We will work with our universities to provide the best support and help.”
This followed a widely shared article from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) inviting Harvard students to “continue their academic activities” after Trump said that he would revoke the university’s ability to accept international students.
Other universities of Hong Kong, including the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of the City of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, a former British colony which returned to China in 1997, is a popular destination for Chinese students on the continent in order to continue their university diplomas because of its international image and its relative freedoms.
The city launched a new visa program in 2022 to counter the exodus of expatriates and local professionals who occurred after Beijing imposed a national security law to repress dissent and during the COVVI-19 pandemic.
Will Kwong, managing director of the AAS education consulting company in Hong Kong, said his business helps students have offers from American universities to apply for other establishments, mainly in Great Britain and Australia, so that they have alternative choices.
The United States was known for diversity and that will harm it, say the students
“Having fewer international exchanges is certainly not good for the development of America,” Zhang Qi, postdoctoral scholarship holder in Beijing, told Beijing. “This could be a positive change for the development of China. More talented individuals can choose to stay at Tsinghua or Beijing University, or with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other major institutions in China, which would benefit the development of domestic sciences and technology. ”
For many, there is little to do because they are now waiting for the benefits of the move.
Chen, a Chinese student at Purdue University who only gave her family name for reprisals by the Trump administration, is waiting with anxiety in China for her visa approval. But he was also angry and said it was exactly the opposite of what he thought that the United States represented.
“I expected freedom and tolerance. The United States was known for its diversity which allows international students to integrate, but it is a shame to see such a change,” he said.
–Fu Ting reported to Washington, Wu from Bangkok. The researcher of Associated Press Shihuan Chen and the producer of videos Olivia Zhang in Beijing contributed to this report.
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