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“Reuters: The Trump administration has revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students and is forcing current students to transfer or lose their legal status. The U.S. Homeland Security Secretary said the university ‘coordinated with the Chinese Communist Party’, among other reasons for the U.S. government’s move. How does the Foreign Ministry view this given Chinese students make up 20 percent of the international student community at Harvard?
Mao Ning: China-U.S. education cooperation benefits both sides. China opposes politicizing education cooperation. What the U.S. seeks to do will undoubtedly hurt its own image and reputation in the world. China will firmly protect the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of Chinese students and scholars overseas.
Bloomberg: A follow-up to the question on Harvard just now. Specifically, there was a reference to connections with Xinjiang. And earlier this week, there was a letter from U.S. lawmakers sent to the Harvard President demanding information about the school’s links to China’s government and military. For example, they alleged that the university hosted and trained members of XPCC, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corp. This of course was sanctioned by the U.S. side in 2020. So could you specifically address the concerns over the connections between Harvard and Xinjiang and the XPCC?
Mao Ning: Let me reiterate that China opposes politicizing education cooperation and groundlessly attacking and vilifying China. The sanctions you mentioned are illicit and should be lifted immediately.”
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