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SHOOTING LIST
BEIJING, CHINA SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 SOURCE: AFPTV
1. SYNCHRONOUS SOUND 1 – Zhao Lijian, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson (male, Mandarin Chinese, 17 seconds): “Measures taken by the US government blatantly harm the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese students in the US This is political persecution and racial discrimination. It seriously violates the human rights of these Chinese students. “
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China breaks into Trump’s order that revokes the visas of 1,000 Chinese students ATTENTION: it is repeated with the reaction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, CHANGES of date /// Beijing, September 10, 2020 (AFP) – China accused Washington of “political persecution and racial discrimination” on Thursday After the United States confirmed that it had revoked the visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students under an order from President Donald Trump that accused some of espionage, Trump declared in May that some citizens Chinese officially in the United States to study stole intellectual property and helped modernize China’s military, as tensions between the two countries soar on multiple fronts, China’s Foreign Ministry responded on Thursday, saying the United States should “stop to immediately use all kinds of pretexts to restrict and repress Chinese students in the United States for no reason ” . “This is total political persecution and racial discrimination. It seriously violates the human rights of these Chinese students,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a press conference on Monday. He said China reserves the right to “respond further.” The State Department released its first figures on the effects of Trump’s order on Wednesday, saying more than 1,000 student and researcher visas had been revoked since it began implementing the proclamation on June 1. this proclamation represents a small subset of the total number of Chinese students and scholars coming to the United States, “said a State Department spokeswoman. We continue to welcome legitimate students and scholars from China who do not advance the Party’s military goals. Chinese Communist. Domain “. The State Department declined to elaborate on whose visas were revoked, citing privacy laws. Participants from China enrolled in U.S. universities in 2018-19, the most of any country, offering a lucrative source of income to institutions now facing mounting pressure from the coronavirus pandemic Some Asian American activists have warned that Trump’s orders are creating a climate of suspicion on campuses, with students of Asian descent facing unsubstantiated questions about his intentions, but US officials say the number of espionage cases involving China has skyrocketed in recent years. years as part of a concerted effort by Beijing. seeking to steal university research on Covid-19, a cited reason for the Trump administration’s closing of China’s consulate in Houston in June. sct-rox / apj
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