China vows to protect students in face of Trump’s ban on new foreign students at Harvard
US president’s proclamation on Wednesday night blocks enrolments and orders review into existing ones, with a view to revoking visas
The sweeping action came as the Trump administration continued to accuse Harvard of maintaining links with foreign countries, particularly China, which it said posed a national security threat to the US.
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation has long warned that foreign adversaries and competitors take advantage of easy access to American higher education to, among other things, steal technical information and products, exploit expensive research and development to advance their own ambitions, and spread false information for political or other reasons,” the document said.
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Absurd, anxious, concerned: Students react to US revoking Chinese student visas
Absurd, anxious, concerned: Students react to US revoking Chinese student visas
“Our adversaries, including the People’s Republic of China, try to take advantage of American higher education by exploiting the student visa programme for improper purposes and by using visiting students to collect information at elite universities in the United States.”