USA announced on Wednesday that it will begin to revoke “vigorously” the Visas of Chinese students. The turn in the visa policy will cover those who have tested links with the Chinese Communist Party (PCC) or study “In critical fields”they reported.
The decision was communicated tonight by the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in what is a new advanced in the dispute with the People’s Republic of China, After climbing in the tariff war that raised the strain at levels never seen so far.
“Under the president’s leadership Trump, The State Department of USA will collaborate with him National Security Department to strongly revoke the visas of Chinese students, including those with links with the Chinese Communist Party or studying in crucial areas “, The US government reported.
They also detailed that “visa criteria to improve the scrutiny of all future visa requests of the China People’s Republic and Hong Kong”. “The new visa policies prioritize the United States, not China”the statement points out.
The number of Chinese students In the United States it has decreased to around 277,000 In 2024 from a maximum of around 370,000 in 2019, promoted in part by the growing tension between the two largest economies in the world and a greater review of the US government on the visa awarded to some Chinese students.
China is also in the epicenter of Trump’s global commercial war, being the country to which tariffs has increased the most since its return to the government, a decision that strongly shook financial markets and altered supply chains, fed the risks of a acute world economic crisis.
US will veto foreign officials for “flagrant censorship” of social networks
Earlier, Donald Trump’s government reported that the visa will be banned to foreign officials that considers that they censor Americans. The announcement was also made by the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, who presented a new policy that would aim at those who regulate social media companies.
Rubio did not mention any specific cases of censorship, but the American technology companies and the Trump government They challenged their allies in Europeclaiming censorship of social media platforms. Rubio said in a statement that The new visa restriction policy will apply to foreign citizens responsible for the censorship of expressions Protected in the US.
The main American diplomat said it was unacceptable that officials from other countries issue or threaten arrest orders for publications on social networks made on American soil.
“In the same way, it is unacceptable that foreign officials require that American technological platforms adopt global content moderation policies or participate in censorship activities that go beyond their authority and reach the US,” Rubio added.
Source: Ambito
