U.S. Limiting Access of Chinese Students Amid National Security Concerns, Official Says

Published on June 26, 2024

More Chinese students in the United States should study the humanities rather than sciences due to national security risks, a top U.S. diplomat said. “I would like to see more Chinese students that are coming to the United States to study the humanities and social sciences, not particle physics,” said Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell during an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations think tank on June 24. Mr. Campbell said American universities are now taking precautionary steps regarding Chinese students and limiting their access to sensitive U.S. technology. He indicated that U.S. universities had made “careful attempts” to support continuing higher education for Chinese students but had also been “careful about the labs, some of the activities of Chinese students.”...

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