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U.S. Cancels

China Student Visa

Chinese students who graduated from universities which
are listed on the U.S. sanction list are banned from get-

ting student visa.

By Gloria Wei in Harbin & Lynne Rao in Luzhou

n September 9, Ashley Liu* Liu says. “I broke down when I learnt “ says. “Trump stated that he did this to technology from America. ing from trade and human rights to
received an email from the that my visa was revoked,” she adds. prevent Chinese students from steal- Seven military-affiliated universi- Hong Kong and the coronavirus.
OU.S. embassy in Beijing in- The “Sanction List” comprises institu- The stupid policy ing technology from America. But ties in China are included in the list. On 2020 State of the Homeland
forming her that her student visa had tions that the U.S. believes are linked damages academic why does he punish innocent peo- They are Northwestern Polytechnical Address on September 9, Chad Wolf,
been revoked by the U.S. Department to the Chinese military. ple?” Liu adds. She regrets going to University, Harbin Engineering Uni- Acting Secretary of the Department of
of State. The civil engineering major Liu had to cancel her plan of apply- freedom because Beihang University for undergraduate versity, Harbin Institute of Technolo- Homeland Security of the U.S., said,
student returned to China in Decem- ing for a P.H.D program in civil engi- study, as the university is on the sanc- gy, Beihang University, University of “We are blocking visas for certain
ber 2019 after getting her master’s de- neering in the United States after her we cannot go to the tion list which means she cannot go to Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing Chinese graduate students and re-
gree in University of Illinois. Her visa visa was revoked. She is preparing to the U.S. for higher education now. Institute of Technology, Nanjing Uni- searchers with ties to China’s military
was expected to expire in November file application for P.H.D program of- U.S. for research Donald Trump, President of the versity of Science and Technology and fusion strategy to prevent them from
this year and she had planned to pur- fered by the University of Science and U.S., signed a proclamation on May Nanjing University of Aeronautics stealing and otherwise appropriating
sue her P.H.D degree in the U.S. But Technology of China. and academic ex- 29, barring Chinese graduate students and Astronautics. Graduates of these sensitive research.”
now she cannot fly to the U.S. without “The stupid policy damages aca- change. and researchers who have ties with the universities are banned from studying Foreign Ministry Spokeperson
a valid visa. demic freedom because we (students People’s Liberation Army (PLA) from in the U.S. Zhao Lijian critizised the U.S. for re-
“I graduated from Beihang Uni- who graduate from universities on the entering the United States, claiming to China-U.S. relations have hit his- voking visas of Chinese students and
versity in 2018 and the university is sanction list) cannot go to the U.S. for stop China from using graduate stu- toric lows with the world’s two biggest reseachers in a regular press confer-
now on the American sanction list,” research and academic exchange,” Liu ” dents to steal intellectual property and economies clashing over issues rang- ence of Ministry of Foreign Affair of