Chinese students are struggling with anxious after Marco Rubio says that the Foreign Ministry “will” cancel the visas “strongly”: “The United States was known for its diversity … It is unfortunate to see such a change.”

A Chinese student wore a marathon shirt in New York at the Bijin Foreign University in Beijing, Beijing on May 29, 2025. Beijing’s reaction was angry on Thursday to the United States government pledged to cancel the visas of Chinese students, which led to the condemnation of President Donald Trump’s campaign to international scientists as “political and discrimination”.

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