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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Al Jazeera Staff

How Trump’s newfound love for Chinese students is drawing MAGA backlash

President Trump announced he would allow 600,000 Chinese students to attend universities in the United States during a meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the Oval Office [File: Brian Snyder/Reuters]

United States President Donald Trump has announced that he will allow 600,000 Chinese students into US universities.

His announcement on Monday, which marks a sharp departure from the Trump administration’s crackdown on Chinese students launched earlier this year, has caught his conservative base off guard.

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