Trump addresses concerns over Chinese academic visas

22:52, October 13, 2019

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  Argentina, Brazil eye 'one visa' for Chinese tourists

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  China refutes US blacklist, visa restrictions over Xinjiang 'abuse'

  File photo: VCGChina opposes the United States move to put restrictions on Chinese entities and officials and rejects claims of so-called "human rights abuses" in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.On Monday, the U.S. Commerce Department added 28 organizations and companies to its blacklist over "human rights violations and abuses" in Xinjiang. On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington was placing visa restrictions on Chinese officials for the same reason.Spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Geng Shuang on Wednesday refuted the groundless allegations and said Washingtons restrictions are "serious violations of the basic norms governing international relations."While stressing that Xinjiang affairs are purely Chinas internal affairs, Geng reiterated that measures such as setting up vocational and training centers in Xinjiang aim to fight against terrorism."Human rights abuses do not exist in Xinjiang," Geng stressed, rejecting Washingtons accusations.

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  US gesture on Chinese students’ visa not to be overly optimistic: analyst

  The US visa application webpage (Photo: IC)Chinese students in the US received a positive signal from US President Donald Trump who said the country will continue to welcome international students from China, but analysts warned against being overly optimistic, saying people-to-people exchanges still face potential challenges as Washingtons China hawks wont give up efforts on decoupling with China."Were going to be very good to Chinese students…Were not going to make it tough. Were going to make it right for everybody else," Trump said on Friday at a press conference in response to a question about many Chinese students having difficulty receiving US visas."Our [education] system is open," Trump said, denying rumors that the US would close the doors on Chinese students. "I can give them my word. I want them coming here," Trump said.US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin said at the same news conference that he and the president would "follow up" on the issue.A Chinese student in the School of Medicine at University of Pittsburgh, who requested anonymity, remained cautious."Generally speaking the school was open and inclusive toward all foreign students and the assessment standards are the same," the student said.But he also noted graduate students in advanced Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields, are still facing tough visa restrictions and the offers granted to Chinese students appeared to drop."My school only enrolled two Chinese students this academic year," he said.Liu Weidong, a researcher at the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times that the US eased its stance on Chinese students visa as goodwill gesture amid substantial progress in US-China trade negotiation.But the attempts by some US politicians at a decoupling with China will no...