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Al Arabiya
10 hours ago
- General
- Al Arabiya
Trump says Chinese students in US will ‘be ok'
US President Donald Trump told reporters late Friday he wanted to assure Chinese international students in the country that they would be fine amid his administration's crackdown on academia. Trump's administration this week said it would specifically target permissions for Chinese students, in its latest broadside against US higher education. But when asked Friday what message he would send to Chinese college students in the country, Trump insisted: 'They're going to be ok. It's going to work out fine.' 'We just want to check out the individual students we have. And that's true with all colleges,' he told reporters. The softer tone comes after a judge on Thursday extended a temporary block on Trump's bid to prevent Harvard from enrolling international students. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed on Wednesday to 'aggressively' revoke visas to students from China. Rubio has already yanked thousands of visas, largely over students' involvement in activism critical of Israel's offensive in Gaza, but also over minor traffic violations and other infractions. The Trump administration has been in an ongoing showdown with academia, and Harvard in particular, demanding it provide a list of students that the government is interested in—something the prestigious university has declined to do. 'I don't know why Harvard's not giving us the list. There's something going on because Harvard is not giving us a list,' Trump said Friday. 'They ought to give us a list and get themselves out of trouble,' he insisted, suggesting that 'they don't want to give the list because they have names on there that supposedly are quite bad.' At graduation ceremonies this week, Harvard University President Alan Garber received a one-minute standing ovation when he called for universities to stand 'firm' in the war the Trump administration has waged against students and schools. 'We want people that can love our country and take care of our country and cherish our country,' Trump said Friday. International students on average make up just under six percent of the US university population—far below Britain, the second top destination for international students, where the figure is 25 percent.
Bloomberg
11 hours ago
- General
- Bloomberg
Trump Says Chinese Students at US Colleges Will Be ‘Fine'
President Donald Trump sought to downplay worries among Chinese student visa holders over his administration's scrutiny, saying he would tell them that everything would be 'fine' as they pursue their studies in the US. 'Well, they're going to be O.K. It's going to work out fine,' Trump said Friday night when asked what his message would be for students who want to remain in the country.
Washington Post
17 hours ago
- Business
- Washington Post
Many international students hope to launch careers in the US. Their pathways may dim under Trump
WASHINGTON — Since coming from China as a teenager for boarding school, Bob Zeng has imagined building a career in the United States. But as he prepared to graduate Thursday from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, it felt like the last chapter of his life in America. Zeng said he has been rethinking his plans because of the Trump administration's pledge to aggressively revoke the visas of Chinese students. Having completed a masters degree in science and management, he is thinking about moving to Europe. Or going home to China.
New York Times
20 hours ago
- General
- New York Times
Denying Visas to Chinese Students Will Backfire on America
One night in 1978, President Jimmy Carter got a phone call at 3 a.m. from a top adviser who was visiting China. 'Deng Xiaoping insisted I call you now, to see if you would permit 5,000 Chinese students to come to American universities,' said the official, Frank Press. 'Tell him to send 100,000,' Mr. Carter replied. By Christmas time that year, the first group of 52 Chinese students had arrived in the United States, just ahead of the formal establishment of U.S.-China diplomatic relations on New Year's Day. A month later, Mr. Deng, then China's top leader, made a historic visit to America during which he watched John Denver sing 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' and was photographed wearing a cowboy hat. It's almost hard to believe how little contact there had been between the United States and modern China before that. The Sinologist John K. Fairbank wrote in 1971: 'Since 1950 Washington has officially sent more men to the moon than it has to China.' The visits by Mr. Deng, and more important, by those first Chinese students, began a new chapter that would fundamentally change China — and the world. The United States gained access to a vast market and talent pool, while China found a model and a partner for transforming its economy. Now that chapter has closed, after the Trump administration announced that it would begin 'aggressively' revoking the visas of Chinese students on Wednesday. For the millions of Chinese who have studied in the United States, myself included, it is a sobering and disheartening development. It marks a turning point that America, long a beacon of openness and opportunity, would start shutting its doors to Chinese who aspire for a good education and a future in a society that values freedom and human dignity. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
South China Morning Post
a day ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
US visa crackdown echoes Trump's first term, while China's response marks shift in tone
Washington's visa crackdown on Chinese students with ties to the Communist Party closely mirrors restrictions imposed during US President Donald Trump's first administration, which at the time prompted Beijing to accuse the US of 'regime change'. However, this time, Beijing's response has been notably restrained, with China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday denouncing the move as 'discriminatory' and lodging diplomatic protests. Despite Beijing's unease over discussions about party connections, observers suggested China's measured approach stemmed from its focus on crucial trade negotiations with the Trump administration, and a belief that such policies would ultimately backfire and harm the US. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in a brief statement on Wednesday that the US would 'aggressively revoke' visas for Chinese students, specifically those with connections to the ruling party or studying in 'critical fields', while tightening scrutiny of visa applications from mainland China and Hong Kong. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning on Thursday called the move 'politically motivated and discriminatory', saying it had used ideology and national security as a pretext and would 'further damage' America's global image and reputation. Yun Sun, director of the China programme and co-director of the East Asia programme at the Stimson Centre in Washington, said much remained unclear about the latest plan, as specific criteria for visa revocation and its potential scope had yet to be disclosed.
