The Trump administration's announcement to rigorously revoke visas for Chinese students has heightened anxieties across U.S. university campuses. Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated a focus on students linked to the Chinese Communist Party or studying 'critical fields', though specifics on these fields and criteria remain unspecified. The action is expected to provoke a response from China, which sends the second-largest group of international students to the U.S. Universities depend significantly on these students for research support and tuition, raising concerns about the potential fallout of such a directive on American institutions.
Many universities rely on international students paying full tuition for a substantial part of their annual revenue.
U.S. officials have expressed concerns about the Chinese government recruiting U.S.-trained scientists, though there is no evidence of such scientists working for China in large numbers.
The move was certain to send ripples of anxiety across university campuses in the United States and was likely to lead to reprisal from China.
The lack of detail on the scope of the directive will no doubt fuel worries among the roughly 275,000 Chinese students in the United States.
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