[Explanation] In May 2020, the then-U.S. President Trump banned some students from obtaining student visas on the grounds of national security.

One year later, the current US government continued this policy. As of June 2021, more than 500 Chinese students have been refused visas.

　　[Explanation] Recently, some students who were refused visas said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that because of such an unfair ban, the remote online courses previously taken by "study in situ" were meaningless. They not only need to bear it. For related expenses, it takes time to re-apply to the school, which means that the time of the past two years has been wasted in vain.

　　[Explanation] According to a report from Georgetown University in the United States, it is estimated that 3,000 to 5,000 Chinese graduate students in related disciplines who intend to study in the United States will be affected by the policy each year, accounting for 16% to 27% of the total number.

　　[Concurrent] Sun

　　Both the undergraduate and master degrees are in the country and are related to biology.

When I first applied for the visa, everything was normal. Later, the interviewer asked me about my school and my major. He said that he would no longer accept my other documents and gave me a visa refusal form on the spot.

(My) impression of the United States They have been saying that they are a human rights country, but they have not protected our rights. On the contrary, we don't know how to defend our rights.

　　【Concurrent】Student Liu

　　The undergraduate is from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and the applicant is for a master’s degree in the United States.

I have been taking online courses for half a year, and (now) I might want to try to apply for schools in other countries.

I should say that it took about 70,000 yuan (RMB) for a semester. There are many students who are in the same situation as me. I will not be able to go to school until next autumn. .

Indeed, I don’t understand and feel unfair.

　　[Explanation] Some students affected by this ban have recently spontaneously established a website and launched an action called "ANB Academic Without Borders". They have teamed up with more than 1,000 Chinese students to send a joint letter to 50 American universities, calling on everyone to unite against the discriminatory ban And plans to raise 350,000 US dollars in the first phase, preparing to file a class action lawsuit against the US government.

　　[Explanation] The purpose of this policy is to suppress China's science, technology and education. According to Zhou Yongsheng, a professor at the China Foreign Affairs University, keeping out the most valuable Chinese scientific talents will not only hinder China and the United States. The normal exchanges of science, technology and culture have also damaged Sino-US relations.

　　[Concurrent] Zhou Yongsheng, Professor, Institute of International Relations, China Foreign Affairs University

　　It is a very wrong administrative and legal arrangement to suppress China's science and technology and education by suppressing Chinese high-tech overseas students.

The cultural exchanges between China and the United States and the exchanges of foreign students between China and the United States are not a unilateral beneficiary of China. The United States is also a beneficiary of such an exchange.

The development of science and technology in the United States is due to the absorption of talents from all over the world. Among them, the talents of China are an important part of the absorption of the United States. Only by exchanges and cooperation, and only by exchanging what is needed, can the two countries form benefits for each other and achieve common development.

It can be said that such an approach not only damages the relations between China and the United States, but is also detrimental to the development of the United States itself.

　　[Explanation] At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China has also responded to this incident several times, criticizing the relevant visa restrictions as a historical reversal, and urging the US to correct its mistakes, review the visa applications for Chinese students to study in the US, and stop using all kinds of excuses against China. Unwarranted restrictions and suppression of foreign students.

　　[Explanation] The number of international students in the United States in 2020 will decline for the first time in more than a decade.

On July 26, local time, the US State Department and the Department of Education issued a joint statement, promising to take measures to promote international students to study in the United States and encourage scholars from all over the world to come to the United States to participate in academic exchanges.

　　[Explanation] However, considering the prevention and control of the epidemic and the uncertainty of US visas, some Chinese students tend to abandon their plans to study in the United States and switch to studying in Canada, Australia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and other countries.

Statistics show that in 2020, the number of Chinese students studying in the United States has fallen to 382,500, which is a significant decrease of 92,000 compared with 2019.

　　[Explanation] The absurd policies of the previous U.S. government not only harmed U.S. self-interests, but also affected the study plans of many Chinese students studying abroad. The precious youth was delayed in vain. Who was to blame?

It is hoped that the current U.S. government will adjust its wrong policies as soon as possible, so that Sino-U.S. educational exchanges can get back on track.

　　(Reported by reporter Shan Lu from Beijing)

Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]