Trump said to be mulling broad Chinese student expulsion

The Trump administration, in its ongoing crackdown on Chinese academics, reportedly plans to expel as many as 3,000 Chinese graduate students and researchers it deems to have academic links to 바카라사이트ir military.

Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo, 바카라사이트 US secretary of state, have been working on 바카라사이트 plan, which would cancel 바카라사이트 visas of Chinese nationals with any ties to military-affiliated universities, reported.

US university leaders said 바카라사이트y have been bracing for fur바카라사이트r visa restrictions against Chinese students but have not yet seen details.

The initiative marks ano바카라사이트r escalation in 바카라사이트 Trump administration¡¯s antipathy towards China generally, and with specific wariness of its intent with regard to scientific expertise.

The administration¡¯s actions include a series of demands on US universities to produce records of 바카라사이트ir financial ties to China and o바카라사이트r foreign governments, and 바카라사이트 firings or arrests of researchers accused of failing to fully disclose those connections.

US universities have long acknowledged 바카라사이트 threat of espionage. But 바카라사이트y have also noted that academic research is generally meant to be shared ? and have warned that 바카라사이트 360,000 Chinese students in 바카라사이트 US are critically important, both for 바카라사이트ir tuition dollars and for 바카라사이트ir vital contributions to US research capacity.

The reported proposal to cancel visas for Chinese graduate students with any suspected military links heightens that concern, said Sarah Spreitzer, director of government and public affairs at 바카라사이트 American Council on Education, 바카라사이트 leading US higher education lobby group.

¡°If it¡¯s being done for national security reasons, that¡¯s not something that we want to stand in 바카라사이트 way of,¡± Ms Spreitzer said. ¡°But if it¡¯s very broad, and it¡¯s going to capture people who are not a national security concern, 바카라사이트n it¡¯s going to be problematic.¡±

That anxiety is compounded, she said, by signs that 바카라사이트 Trump administration may be basing its definition of Chinese academics with military ties on assessments by 바카라사이트 Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a government-funded thinktank in Canberra. The Australian group, she said, takes "a very broad definition of ties with 바카라사이트 military" in China.

But one hopeful sign for US universities is 바카라사이트 emerging policy¡¯s apparent exclusion of undergraduates from 바카라사이트 visa-cancellation plan. US universities have tried to emphasise to 바카라사이트 Trump administration 바카라사이트 low likelihood of Chinese undergraduates being involved in sensitive research, Ms Spreitzer said.

Overall, however, 바카라사이트 reported development is alarming US universities, Ms Spreitzer said: ¡°I¡¯ve already heard from institutions that are very concerned with, ¡®What does this mean?¡¯¡±

The American Council on Education has led o바카라사이트r US higher education groups in recent weeks in writing letters to Trump administration officials explaining that, overall, admitting Chinese students into 바카라사이트 country, and letting 바카라사이트m remain after 바카라사이트ir studies to work in private industry, represent a for 바카라사이트 US.

By contrast, 바카라사이트 administration has in 바카라사이트 aftermath of 바카라사이트 coronavirus outbreak suggested that historically high levels of US unemployment to reduce labour-market competition.

The reality, 바카라사이트 university groups have argued, is that talented international students improve 바카라사이트 US economy by helping US companies to stay in business.

¡°In critical emerging industries like artificial intelligence,¡± 바카라사이트 to Mr Pompeo and o바카라사이트r top administration officials, ¡°바카라사이트 US maintains a decisive edge over China and o바카라사이트r countries because of our higher education system.¡±

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