Threat to revoke visas puts Chinese students in US in limbo
Fu Ting, Kanis Leung and Huizhong Wu
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Chinese students studying in the US are scrambling to figure out their futures after secretary of state Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday that some of them would have their visas revoked.
The US will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese students, including those studying in 'critical fields' and 'those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party', according to the announcement.
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