[Epoch Times, August 31, 2021](Epoch Times reporter Lin Yan comprehensive report) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China confirmed on Monday (August 30) that three Chinese students were deported when they entered the United States at Houston Airport on the grounds that they were affected by the Chinese government. Military training photos found in funding or mobile phones are suspected of having military background.
At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China on August 30, a reporter from China International Television said that it is reported that three Chinese students were inspected by the U.S. Customs when they entered the Houston Airport in the U.S. They were subsequently determined to “endanger the U.S. country.” “Safety” was deported, asked if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs knew about it?
The spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Wenbin, immediately introduced the details. On August 15th, three Chinese students were sent back to China by the United States on the grounds that “the three were funded by the Chinese government or found military training photos in their personal mobile phones, so they were suspected of having military training. background”.
He said that China has made representations to the US in this regard.
In 2020, the United States suspended visa approval due to the Chinese Communist Party virus (COVID-19) epidemic, which directly affected the issuance of F visas, including China. According to the visa data of the US State Department, the fewest F visas issued in a single month in the first half of 2020 are May and June, with only 7 and 8 issued to Chinese students respectively.
In 2021, with the Biden administration taking office and the COVID-19 epidemic eased, the United States has resumed issuing visas to Chinese students from May before the upcoming fall semester begins. From the data point of view, the number of visas in the first half of 2021 seems to be catching up with the level of 2019.
From May to July, the United States issued 23,066, 33,896, and 21,163 F1 visas to China.
Some analysts believe that the number of visas in the first half of 2021 is likely to be the students who want to come in 2020 plus the new students in 2021. The two will bring a rebound in depressed demand; there may also be a considerable number of students who want to go to the United States. Waiting, or still choose this semester/year for online learning, these may not appear in the visa issuance statistics of the US Department of State.
| Number of F1 visas granted to Mainland China | |||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
| January | 3,001 | 2,918 | 480 |
| February | 664 | 112 | 231 |
| March | 1,443 | 135 | 304 |
| April | 4,281 | 17 | 321 |
| May | 20,871 | 7 | 23,066 |
| June | 34,001 | 8 | 33,896 |
| July | 21,781 | 145 | 21,163 |
| total | 86,042 | 3,342 | 79,461 |
Data source: U.S. State Department, Monthly Non-Immigrant Visa Statistics (Epoch Times Tabulation)
However, considering that the epidemic continues and Trump’s (Trump) Executive Order No. 10043 is still in effect, the impact on Chinese students studying in the United States remains to be seen.
In May 2020, the Trump administration issued an announcement prohibiting Chinese students and scholars with F visas (student visas) and J visas (visiting scholar visas) from entering the United States “related to the Chinese military,” but not including undergraduates.
U.S. intelligence agencies have been warning for years that China is using student spies to steal U.S. secrets.
Hong Kong’s “South China Evening News” reported on August 24, quoting some Chinese educational institution practitioners, saying that even though the visa procedures for international students to the United States have basically “returned to normal”, the visas of certain high-tech or strategic graduate students may continue to be changed. Strict review.
In addition, the CCP’s mouthpiece “Global Times” once reported that the US Embassy and Consulate in China resumed accepting student visa applications on May 4, and will immediately suspend the issuance of B1, B2, B1/B2, F1, F2, J1, and J2 visas. To officials of the Deputy Director (or equivalent) and above of the National Immigration Administration of the People’s Republic of China (including the Entry-Exit Administration), their spouses and married or unmarried children under the age of 21, as well as the National Supervision Commission, the Ministry of National Security, and the Ministry of Public Security Active duty personnel, their spouses and children under 30 years of age.
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