China hits out at US ‘harassment’ of Chinese students at American border

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The Chinese foreign ministry says Chinese students with valid travel documents and visas had been consistently mistreated by US border authorities. Photo: AP

Hayley Wongin Beijing

Published: 7:36pm, 4 Jan 2024

China has accused US authorities of harassing Chinese students at the border, saying “tens” of Chinese nationals are being denied entry to the US each month.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Thursday that Chinese students with valid travel documents and visas had been consistently mistreated by US border authorities.

Wang said Chinese students heading to the US had long been subjected to “politically motivated” “abusive suppression and persecution, frequent interrogations, detentions, forced confessions, inducements and even deportations”.

“In recent months, tens of Chinese personnel travelling to the US, including overseas Chinese students, have been forced to return to China each month,” he said.

“This is typically selective and discriminatory and amounts to political law enforcement. China is strongly dissatisfied with this and firmly opposes it.”

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The ministry also urged the US to cancel a “mistaken” executive order that prevents postgraduate students and researchers allegedly linked to the Chinese military from entering the US.