Been There; Done That?

From Business Insider: President Donald Trump's administration debated the idea of banning visas for Chinese nationals to come and study at US universities for fear of spying, the Financial Times has reported. Former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, now US ambassador to China, shot (down?) the initiative, according to the FT. The report said the idea was championed by Trump administration immigration hardliner Stephen Miller. Under Trump the US has confronted China like never before, and the FT's report comes at a time of record high military tensions between the great powers. Trump's recent National Security Strategy explicitly called for the kind of review reportedly put forth by Miller. The strategy said it would "review visa procedures to reduce economic theft by non-traditional intelligence collectors" while reevaluating how the US provides access to foreign students in science fields, which have national security implications...

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