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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amy Hawkins in Beijing

‘Total discrimination’: Chinese students facing US visa ban say their lives are in limbo

Posters of US universities, including Harvard University, are seen on the wall at an overseas education agency in Beijing
The US state department announced last week that it would “aggressively” revoke visas for Chinese students Photograph: Jade Gao/AFP/Getty Images

Chinese students in the United States are questioning their future in the country after the state department announced last week that it would “aggressively” revoke visas for Chinese students and enhance scrutiny of future applications from China and Hong Kong.

Chinese students hoping to study at Harvard, the US’s oldest and wealthiest university, are under particular pressure after the Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it was banning the school from enrolling new foreign students. The presidential proclamation cited Harvard’s links with China as a particular cause for concern.

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