and the Justice Department on potential national security threats posed by Chinese students, especially ones working in the sciences. Moreover, they say, the Chinese students are experts in their subject fields and bolster American research efforts. Instead, suspicions by American officials center on the Chinese universities at which the students trained as undergraduates. American officials who defend the visa cancellation said the ties to the Chinese military at those schools go far deeper than mere campus recruiting. The Chinese military has strong ties to a number of schools with an overt military bent, according to the Australian think tank.

Source: bd News24 May 28, 2020 13:29 UTC