Trump's Chinese student visa push sets off alarm bells amid rising CCP ‘influence’ in US
A China expert warns that President Donald Trump's Chinese apprentice visa push amid business talks between the United States and China could exacerbate the growing CCP influence in American universities China plan expert Michael Sobolik a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute explains where things stand right now as several conservatives sounded the alarm on how the push could enable the Chinese Communist Party s influence in the U S Sobolik explained that Chinese students in the United States can become a major national assurance liability adding that the CCP has taken advantage of Chinese nationals to advance malign influence operations TRUMP IGNITES CONSERVATIVE BACKLASH AFTER OPENING DOOR TO CHINESE STUDENTS 'WHAT IS THIS MADNESS ' They do this by re-appropriating basic and applied research in American universities taking it over to China and stealing American innovations essentially he declared And they also will conduct espionage They will silence Chinese students on American campuses and force them to either advance the CCP propaganda line or silence them And that's just unacceptable Sobolik continued by pointing out the history of the bargain agreements between Trump and Xi Jinping I think it's partially a function of the fact that Trump's trying to get to a agreement deal with Xi Jinping and he wants to smooth that road make sure there aren't any bumps along the way much like he did in his first term when he was trying to get his phase one arrangement agreement with China negotiated he mentioned REP GREENE RAISES RED FLAG AFTER TRUMP INDICATES US WILL ACCEPT CHINESE STUDENTSPresident Donald Trump stated in a Tuesday cabinet meeting that the college system would go to hell very fast if the Chinese candidate visa program were significantly altered CLICK HERE FOR MORE IMMIGRATION COVERAGE And it wouldn't be the top colleges so it'd be colleges that struggle on the bottom And you take out or students out of the system Trump explained I like having and I explained this to President Xi that we're honored to have their students here Now with that we check in with careful and we see who's there the president continued President Trump isn't proposing an increase in learner visas for Chinese students The K references two years worth of visas a White House official reported Fox News on Thursday It's entirely a continuation of existing agenda TRUMP OPENS DOOR TO CHINESE STUDENTS AMID BEIJING ARRANGEMENT TALKSSobolik reported universities will ultimately go along with the repressive tactics of China as he says students are willing to attend American institutions for their full price It s not just STEM programs and precaution risks It is not just what China's cabinet is doing on these campuses It s how universities are complicit in it because they need that money It's all about the bottom line for them and American values suffer in the process Sobolik added
