China, Harvard and Trump
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Threat to revoke visas puts Chinese students in US
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Harvard University's links to China, long an asset to the school, have become a liability as the Trump administration levels accusations that its campus is plagued by Beijing-backed influence operations.
Friction between Beijing and Washington is growing as the Trump administration cracks down on visas for Chinese students and access to advanced computer chips.
An federal judge said Thursday that she plans to block the Trump administration from revoking Harvard's ability to enroll foreign students.
Some social media speculation is that the president is cutting billions of dollars in funding to the Ivy League institution because it rejected his son as a student.
By Vivian Wang Reporting from Beijing If the Trump administration succeeds in blocking Harvard from enrolling international students, the hardest-hit group would be students from China ...
If the Trump administration succeeds in barring international students from enrolling at Harvard, it will benefit U.S. competitors such as China, experts say.
Frayed by tariff wars and political battles, the academic tie between the U.S. and China is now facing its greatest threat yet as the Trump administration promises to revoke visas for an unknown number of Chinese students and tighten future visa screening.
The new blow amounts to $100 million, and the US president has threatened to freeze an additional $3 billion in funding