Once, international students feared Beijing’s wrath. Now Trump is the threat.

Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Sarah McLaughlin

“American universities have long feared that the Chinese government will restrict its country’s students from attending institutions that cross Beijing’s sensitive political lines. Universities still fear that consequence today, but the most immediate threat is no longer posed by the Chinese government. Now, as the latest punishment meted out to the Trump administration’s preeminent academic scapegoat shows, it’s our own government posing the threat.” (05/29/25)

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