| NEW DELHI, Sep 10: To counter China and its activities, the US has cancelled the visas of more than 1000 Chinese nationals. On Wednesday, A State department spokeswoman said “The United States has revoked visas for more than 1,000 Chinese nationals under a May 29 presidential proclamation to suspend entry from China of students and researchers deemed security risks,”
The acting head of the US Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, said, “Washington was blocking visas for certain Chinese graduate students and researchers with ties to China’s military fusion strategy to prevent them from stealing and otherwise appropriating sensitive research,” Accusing China of unjust business practices and industrial espionage including attempts to steal coronavirus research, Wolf claimed that China was abusing student visas to exploit American academia. Wolf raised Uighur Muslims issue and said the US was also preventing goods produced from “slave labour” from entering US markets. “China should respect the inherent dignity of each human being,” he said. Recently some Chinese Students said they received emailed notices on Wednesday from the US embassy in Beijing or US Consulate in China and informed that their visas had been cancelled. According to the rules now all students have to apply again to get entry in the USA. In June, China said around 360,000 Chinese nationals were studying in the US “bringing significant revenue to the US collages.” In another move against China, US Customs and Border Protection officials have prepared orders to block imports of cotton and tomato products from Xinjiang over accusations of forced labor, although a formal announcement has been delayed. (Vinayak Barot) |
