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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Alice Speri

Amid Trump crackdown on Chinese students, one US university appears to block them altogether

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Students and faculty at Purdue say an unofficial policy is in effect to automatically reject students from China and a number of other countries. Photograph: Michael Hickey/Getty Images

Several universities have scrapped partnerships with Chinese institutions in recent months as a direct result of pressure from US legislators. But no university appears to have gone as far as Purdue University in Indiana.

Students and faculty at the public university say that an unofficial policy is in effect to automatically reject students from China and a number of other countries altogether.

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