China opposes scholar visas revocation: ‘Trump exposes hypocrisy behind US claims of freedom’

China strongly opposed its scholar visas revocation by america and alleged that this choice of the Trump administration exposes “hypocrisy behind US claims of freedom.”

Talking on this matter, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Overseas Affairs of China, Lin Jian, mentioned that the transfer is “unjustified” and “disrupts” people-to-people exchanges between the 2 nations.

In a social media put up on X, Lin Jian mentioned, “The US choice to revoke Chinese language scholar visas is totally unjustified. Citing ideology and nationwide safety as a pretext, the transfer significantly hurts the lawful rights and pursuits of worldwide college students from China and disrupts people-to-people exchanges between the 2 nations. China firmly opposes this motion and has protested to the US over the choice.”

Calling the US choice politically motivated, Lin Jian mentioned this may harm the picture and repute of Washington itself.

“This politically motivated and discriminatory transfer exposes the hypocrisy behind the US’s claims of freedom and openness. It’ll additional harm the picture and repute of the US itself,” he mentioned.

On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned that the US will start revoking visas of Chinese language college students, together with these with connections to the Chinese language Communist Get together or finding out in crucial fields.

In a social media put up on X, Rubio wrote, “The US will start revoking visas of Chinese language college students, together with these with connections to the Chinese language Communist Get together or finding out in crucial fields.”

This additional widens an already strained relationship between the US and China, which backtracked after Trump threatened China with reciprocal tariffs.

The US President launched his “reciprocal” tariffs, inserting substantial duties on imports from a few of the United States’ key buying and selling companions. This led to a tariff struggle between each nations, with Trump indicating that the tariffs might go as much as as excessive as 245 per cent.

Nonetheless, each nations arrived at an settlement on Might 12 and withdrew their beforehand introduced tariffs. At the moment, China imposes 10 per cent tariffs on US items, and the US will tax Chinese language items at about 30 per cent.

(With inputs from ANI)