Chinese International Students' June US Visa Applications Plummet from 30,000 to 8

[Asia Economy Reporter Woo Su-yeon] Amid conflicts between the United States and China in various fields such as trade disputes and the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the number of student visas issued to Chinese international students going to the United States has plummeted from 30,000 to 8 in June of this year.

According to Huanqiu.com on the 16th, only 8 Chinese international students were issued U.S. student visas in June this year. This is a decrease of more than 90% compared to 34,001 in June last year.

The number of Chinese researchers who received U.S. visiting scholar visas also sharply declined to 8. The number of Chinese researchers who received visiting scholar visas in June last year was 5,736.

Huanqiu.com criticized, "27% of research personnel in the U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) field are Chinese researchers," and said, "The U.S. imposing such sanctions on Chinese researchers and students is an act of ignoring the contributions of Chinese scholars in related fields."

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