Is Trump’s new-found love for Chinese students superficial? Experts think so

Is Trump’s new-found love for Chinese students superficial? Experts think so

Amid growing anger from his political base, US President Donald Trump has defended his proposal to admit 600,000 Chinese students over two years, but analysts warn that the policy reversal may not ease the pathway to American colleges. Reaction to last month’s announcement prompted the administration, which previously “aggressively revoked” visas for Chinese students, to…

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President Xi would like me to come to China, it's a very important relationship. As you know, we're taking a lot of money in from China because of the tariffs and different things, and it's a very important relationship. We're going to get along good with China: Donald Trump

US will ‘allow’ 6,00,000 Chinese students ‘to come in’ – Trump cites ‘different relationship’ with Xi Jinping

US President Donald Trump has announced that United States will permit the entry of 6,00,000 students from China, underscoring what he described as a “different” and improved relationship with Chinese premiere Xi Jinping under his administration. Notably, the remarks also come amid fraught trade negotiations and tariff battles between the world’s two largest economies. Also…

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Tech takes centre stage as Chinese students weigh up major choices

Tech takes centre stage as Chinese students weigh up major choices

Like millions of Chinese students, 18-year-old He Junjie is anxiously waiting to see which university and major will admit him after last month’s intensely competitive National Higher Education Entrance Examination, or gaokao. After evaluating his score and studying the universities and programmes he qualified for, He focused on engineering when submitting his applications a few…

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Future of Science and Technology Agreement is a bellwether for US-China ties: Denis Simon

Future of Science and Technology Agreement is a bellwether for US-China ties: Denis Simon

Denis Simon is one of the leading experts on US-China science and technology cooperation as well as China’s innovation system. He has held senior roles including executive vice-chancellor at Duke Kunshan University and director of the US-China programme at Pennsylvania State University. He is teaching a graduate course on China science and technology policy at…

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Exclusive | Hong Kong will reel in talent due to geopolitics but won’t exploit tensions: university chief

Exclusive | Hong Kong will reel in talent due to geopolitics but won’t exploit tensions: university chief

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is not about to “take advantage” of international students and scholars facing difficulties in the United States but it will just focus on welcoming and nurturing talent, its head has said, revealing it was handling over 100 transfer applications. Vice-chancellor Xiang Zhang, a renowned scientist, told the Post that…

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