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It's widely known that China sends students and academics to spy on the West but, ironically, Western schools rely heavily on the money they bring in...
Students or spies? How China infiltrated US universities
Nearly 277,000 Chinese students in American universities stare at an uncertain future as the United States will start "aggressively" revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields. The
Trump administration last week cited Harvard University's ties to
China as among several reasons for revoking its ability to enroll foreign students, a move temporarily blocked by a US judge. The number of Chinese students in the US, a Reuters report said, dropped to about 277,000 in 2024 from a high of around 370,000 in 2019, pulled lower by growing tension between the world's two biggest economies, heightened US government scrutiny of Chinese students, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the past decade or so, a large number of cases have come up in which Chinese students, researchers and professors were found to be spying for the Chinese government or were linked to the Chinese military, the People's Liberation Army (PLA). It is now commonly known that China has done pilferage of American technology and research at a huge scale to ramp up its industry and military. The US universities have become high-value targets in China's broader campaign of intellectual property theft and intelligence gathering. The academic environment—open, collaborative, and largely unguarded—has proven fertile ground for covert operations conducted under the cover of education and research.
The United States will revoke visas of Chinese students linked to the Chinese Communist Party or studying sensitive subjects. This action follows concerns about intellectual property theft and espionage. Earlier, the Trump administration had also cited Harvard University's ties to China. Many...
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