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American science and technology may suffer if U.S. revokes visas for Chinese students

By Emily Feng

Published June 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM EDT

The Trump administration said it would begin to "aggressively" revoke visas from Chinese students with connections to China's ruling Communist Party or who were studying in fields deemed critical.

Emily Feng

Emily Feng is NPR's Beijing correspondent.

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