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Source: Trump administration to ‘aggressively’ revoke visas of Chinese students
President Donald Trump’s administration says it will “aggressively” revoke the visas of Chinese students studying in the US.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the move would include “those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields”.
Relations between Beijing and Washington have plummeted in recent months as a tit-for-tat trade war erupted between the two superpowers sparked by Trump’s tariffs.
There were an estimated 280,000 Chinese students studying in the US last year. It is not clear how many of them could be affected by the latest move.
China said it “firmly opposes” the move, and urged the US to pursue more constructive relations.
As part of the plan, criteria will also be revised to “enhance scrutiny” of future visa applicants from China and Hong Kong, Rubio added in his statement on Wednesday.
Chinese nationals used to account for the bulk of international students enrolled at American universities, though that has recently changed.
From pandemic-era restrictions to worsening relations between the two countries, their number has dropped in recent years, according to US state department data.