However, experts say it is not easy to identify military links, while many technologies are dual-use — able to be used for both civilian and military purposes.
Thus, students or researchers from the PRC studying or researching beyond the undergraduate level who are or have been associated with the PLA are at high risk of being exploited or co-opted by the PRC authorities and provide particular cause for concern. It is believed some 3, current Chinese students and researchers in the US could be denied re-entry or visa renewals.
But the US administration steered clear of expulsions of students and researchers already in the US, as feared by the Chinese authorities. Lam noted that it may not necessarily solve the problems perceived by the US. Lack of clarity Many within universities fear that the lack of clarity on what constitutes PLA links could lead to unfair visa rejections.
Many artificial intelligence and other high technologies have both civilian and military use and the line between this so-called dual use is often blurred, experts say. It's more important than ever for countries like Australia, the UK, Germany, Singapore and Canada to consider similar measures. If they're careful, they can do that while largely keeping ill-intentioned actors out.
His most valuable possessions, he said, remain in a dormitory in the northern Chinese city of Harbin. The coronavirus , which has killed more than 1, people in China, has temporarily severed many of the ties between the country and the global community. For many Chinese students abroad, that means worrying about family at home and, in some cases, enduring unwanted attention from classmates.
For many foreign students studying in China, the outbreak has frozen or even ended their opportunities to study a vast and complicated country. The impact could be particularly significant when it comes to the United States. Many of the young American students who traveled to China in the s when China began to open up went on to become journalists, business leaders and politicians who helped connect the two countries.
But student exchanges were already falling, and educational partnerships have been under pressure by free speech and geopolitical issues.
The number of American students studying in China totaled about 11, as of , down more than 2 percent compared with the year before. Not all students have fled. Some were stuck, like a group of Nigerian students and teachers at the universities in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak.
Some, like Kathy Song, chose to stay. Song, a China studies and social sciences double major at New York University Shanghai, has taken up residence with her uncle, aunt and young cousin, who live in Beijing.
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Song, 19, who speaks Mandarin and practiced during summer holidays in China visiting relatives, chose to study in China because she believes that, as an American born Chinese, she can help to dispel misconceptions on both sides. With much of the city closed, Ms. Song is spending a lot of her time indoors. Inspired by her uncle, she has taken up calligraphy.
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