“In China, the government can control education, high schools, colleges, universities. We thought that the USA could be different," one student said.

“In China, the government can control education, high schools, colleges, universities. We thought that the USA could be different," one student said.

Chinese students say they’re questioning their decision to study in the U.S. after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the federal government will attempt to “aggressively” revoke their visas.

Rubio said Wednesday that Chinese students “with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields” would be targeted.

Chinese students who spoke to NBC News on Thursday said that they came to the U.S. for freedoms they felt they did not have back in China but that now the Trump administration is starting to resemble the strict regime they left behind.

  • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 days ago

    Edit - aww I think I irritated the tankies

    Nah, I think you’re missing the parts where this is how things go downhill.

    For example:

    very different from being thrown into a jail or executed.

    ICE. Right now.

    They have every right to say that about the US

    People are being rejected at the border for less (and specifically about Israel for now)

    where the government will happily throw you and your family behind bars for saying something even approaching a bad opinion of government action.

    The WH pardoned insurrectionists, is considering pardoning kidnappers, and threatening prosecution whenever someone disagrees with anything they say.

    … So its not just tankies who will take issue with what you’ve said, but also those who think people should be treated like people, genocide is terrible, and individual rights and freedoms exist for everyone, and not just the wealthy.