Beijing may have a secret weapon to wield beyond soybeans and semiconductors as tariffs escalate and tensions rise between the United States and China: the large contingent of Chinese students studying in American schools.
The more than 360,000 Chinese students in the 2017-2018 academic year made up one-third of all international enrollments at U.S. universities, and they typically paid full tuition rates to revenue-hungry schools.
As President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping haggle over a new trade arrangement, colleges at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IUC) have taken the extraordinary step of buying insurance.
“As negotiators on both sides seek leverage on each other, it’s likely that higher education will end up in the crosshairs,” Paul Musgrave, a political science professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, wrote recently in Foreign Policy.com.
Mr. Musgrave told The Washington Times that losing Chinese students may not be fatal to universities but could put a severe strain on operations.
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[And so, the big obstacle to removing Chinese 'student' spies is probably the revenue hit to the universities. --Editor]
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ReplyDeletei like your comment about the spies from China populating the American University scene, but I don't believe it. I think it is all distraction sent out from Langley. It is Langley (CIA) who has infiltrated every organization of importance in American life. Contrary to the CIA's original agenda, it is operating an a spy agency against the American Public on behalf of its controllers - those who fund the campaigns.
Intelligence includes (always has included) the media both in New York and Hollywood. The media has been involved with intelligence from the beginning.
Thank you
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And anybody cares, why, about the strain on overpriced universities?
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you on all of it
How many Americans in Chinese colleges - zero?? We must be a great country.
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