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03 Jun 2019 04:04PM (Updated: 03 Jun 2019 09:28PM)
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BEIJING: China warned students and academics on Monday (Jun 3) about the risks of studying

in the United States, citing an uptick in visa denials and delays, amid a bitter trade war between

the two countries.

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State television, citing China's Ministry of Education, said that some students seeking to study in

the US had encountered problems with the duration of their visas being limited and an increase

in visa refusals.

"This has affected Chinese students going to study in the United States or smoothly completing

their studies," the state television added.

"The education ministry reminds students and academics of the need to strengthen risk

assessment before studying abroad, enhance prevention awareness, and make corresponding

preparations."

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China is the biggest source of international students on US campuses, with 360,000 of them last

year, or a third of the foreign student body. Many pay full tuition fees.

Chinese students contributed US$14 billion to the US economy in 2017, the official Xinhua

news agency estimated last month, citing US official data.

China's foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang on Monday said the US had been setting

"unnecessary obstacles" to people-to-people exchanges between both countries.

"This has been widely opposed by the education circles in China and the United States, as well

as by (Chinese) students studying abroad (in the US)," he said.

Last year, China's embassy in Washington issued a security advisory to Chinese nationals

travelling to the US, warning tourists to be aware of issues including expensive medical bills, the

threat of public shootings and robberies, and searches and seizures by customs agents.

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"STEALING INNOVATION"

US complaints about technology and intellectual property theft by China have been a major bone

of contention in the trade war between the two countries.

FBI director Christopher Wray said in April that Beijing had used Chinese graduate students and

researchers, among others, in its economic espionage efforts in the United States.

"China has pioneered a societal approach to stealing innovation in any way it can from a wide

array of businesses, universities and organisations," Wray said.

"They're doing it through Chinese intelligence services, through state-owned enterprises, through

ostensibly private companies, through graduate students and researchers, through a variety of

actors all working on behalf of China."

A group of US President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans in Congress introduced legislation

last month intended to prohibit anyone employed or sponsored by the Chinese military from

receiving student or research visas to the US.

The bill would require the US government to create a list of scientific and engineering

institutions affiliated with China's People Liberation Army, and prohibit anyone employed or

sponsored by those institutions from receiving visas.

Many US and university officials also warn about over-reacting, arguing that it is important to

acknowledge the important role Chinese scholars and students play at US institutions while

being aware of security risks.

Source: Agencies/mi
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