- The US says it has revoked more than 1,000 visas of Chinese graduate students and
researchers who it says pose a national security risk. - Legitimate students from
China who do not further the “Chinese Communist Party’s goals of military dominance” are welcome, the State Department said. - President Donald Trump said in May that Chinese nationals with connections to the military would have their visas cancelled.
The US government has canceled the visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers who it says pose a national security risk.
The State Department said on Wednesday that the administration was revoking visas of "high-risk graduate students and research scholars" from China to stop them from stealing "
Legitimate students from China who do not promote the "Chinese Communist Party's goals of military dominance" are welcome, a spokesperson added.
Earlier on Wednesday, Chad Wolf, acting secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, said the US was "blocking visas for certain Chinese graduate students and researchers with ties to China's military fusion strategy to prevent them from stealing and otherwise appropriating sensitive research."
The move, which comes amid $4, was linked to President Donald Trump's May announcement that Chinese nationals with ties to the Chinese military would have their visas canceled, the State Department said.
The May Presidential Proclamation, which came into force in June, says that China "is engaged in a wide‑ranging and heavily resourced campaign to acquire sensitive United States technologies and intellectual property, in part to bolster the modernization and capability of its military, the People's Liberation Army."
China has not commented on the
Prior to the coronavirus crisis, nearly $4Chinese
This follows the US ordering the closure of the $4 in Houston in July, and both countries $4.