WASHINGTON / BEIJING: The United States on May 29 revoked visas for more than 1,000 Chinese nationals as part of a presidential declaration declaring students and researchers a security threat, a State Department spokesman said Wednesday. Is
Chad Wolf, executive director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said earlier Washington “Some Chinese graduate students and researchers have been denied visas in connection with China’s military-fusion strategy to prevent them from stealing and determining sensitive research.”
In a speech, Wolff reiterated allegations of unfair trade practices and industrial espionage by China, including attempted theft. Coronavirus Accused of abusing student visas to exploit and exploit the American Academy.
Wolf said the United States “is also preventing slave labor from entering our markets. China demands that China respect the natural dignity of every human being,” with Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region. Clear reference to alleged abuse.
A State Department spokesman said the visa process was being carried out under an announcement made by President Donald Trump on May 29 as part of the US response to China’s sanctions on democracy. Hong Kong.
“As of September 8, 2020, the department has revoked more than 1,000 visas for PRC citizens who were found under Presidential Declaration 10043 and were therefore ineligible for visas,” he said.
He said he represented “a small subgroup” of Chinese people coming to the United States to study and research ineligible “high-risk graduate students and research scholars” and that legal students and scholars would continue to be welcomed.
China said in June that it strongly opposed any US move to ban Chinese students from studying in the United States and called on Washington to do more to increase mutual understanding.
Some 360,000 Chinese citizens study in the United States, which brings significant income to US colleges, although the Kovid-19 epidemic has severely hampered their return to campus this fall semester.
Finding relationships
From Hong Kong and coronavirus trade and human rights issues, Sino-US relations have sunk into history.
Trump, who has demonstrated friendly relations with Chinese President Xi Jinping as he seeks to deliver on his promise to address the huge trade deficit, has made China a key part of his campaign to run for re-election on November 3. And hardened. Accuses his Democratic opponent Joe Biden of leading a national referendum, accusing Beijing of being lenient.
Earlier, some Chinese students enrolled in US universities said they had received emailed notices from the US embassy in Beijing or the US consulate in China on Wednesday informing them that their visas had been revoked. Is
About 50 students with F-1 academic visas also include postgraduate and undergraduate Wechat The chat room notices state that they must apply for a new visa if they wish to travel to the United States.
Many in the chat room said they excelled in subjects such as science, technology, engineering and math. Many said they were postgraduates who had received bachelor’s degrees from Chinese universities affiliated with the People’s Liberation Army.
In May, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that Washington was planning to revoke the visas of thousands of Chinese graduate students who believed in ties to the Chinese military.
In another move against China, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have issued orders banning imports of cotton and tomato products from Xinjiang on allegations of forced labor, although a formal announcement has been delayed. (Reporting by David Brunstrom and Humera Pamuk in Washington and Ryan Wu in Beijing.
Chad Wolf, executive director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said earlier Washington “Some Chinese graduate students and researchers have been denied visas in connection with China’s military-fusion strategy to prevent them from stealing and determining sensitive research.”
In a speech, Wolff reiterated allegations of unfair trade practices and industrial espionage by China, including attempted theft. Coronavirus Accused of abusing student visas to exploit and exploit the American Academy.
Wolf said the United States “is also preventing slave labor from entering our markets. China demands that China respect the natural dignity of every human being,” with Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region. Clear reference to alleged abuse.
A State Department spokesman said the visa process was being carried out under an announcement made by President Donald Trump on May 29 as part of the US response to China’s sanctions on democracy. Hong Kong.
“As of September 8, 2020, the department has revoked more than 1,000 visas for PRC citizens who were found under Presidential Declaration 10043 and were therefore ineligible for visas,” he said.
He said he represented “a small subgroup” of Chinese people coming to the United States to study and research ineligible “high-risk graduate students and research scholars” and that legal students and scholars would continue to be welcomed.
China said in June that it strongly opposed any US move to ban Chinese students from studying in the United States and called on Washington to do more to increase mutual understanding.
Some 360,000 Chinese citizens study in the United States, which brings significant income to US colleges, although the Kovid-19 epidemic has severely hampered their return to campus this fall semester.
Finding relationships
From Hong Kong and coronavirus trade and human rights issues, Sino-US relations have sunk into history.
Trump, who has demonstrated friendly relations with Chinese President Xi Jinping as he seeks to deliver on his promise to address the huge trade deficit, has made China a key part of his campaign to run for re-election on November 3. And hardened. Accuses his Democratic opponent Joe Biden of leading a national referendum, accusing Beijing of being lenient.
Earlier, some Chinese students enrolled in US universities said they had received emailed notices from the US embassy in Beijing or the US consulate in China on Wednesday informing them that their visas had been revoked. Is
About 50 students with F-1 academic visas also include postgraduate and undergraduate Wechat The chat room notices state that they must apply for a new visa if they wish to travel to the United States.
Many in the chat room said they excelled in subjects such as science, technology, engineering and math. Many said they were postgraduates who had received bachelor’s degrees from Chinese universities affiliated with the People’s Liberation Army.
In May, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that Washington was planning to revoke the visas of thousands of Chinese graduate students who believed in ties to the Chinese military.
In another move against China, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have issued orders banning imports of cotton and tomato products from Xinjiang on allegations of forced labor, although a formal announcement has been delayed. (Reporting by David Brunstrom and Humera Pamuk in Washington and Ryan Wu in Beijing.
