Edward Wong
Diplomatic Correspondent at The New York Times
Diplomatic Correspondent @nytimes. Author of "At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China." Harvard Nieman Fellow. Taught at Princeton & UC Berkeley.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Edward Wong
Trump administration officials are getting a second chance to try to sever ties with China by starting a trade war, imposing export controls and revoking student visas. The Trump administration has threatened to revoke the visas of many of the 277,000 or so Chinese students in the United States and to subject future applicants from China, including Hong Kong, to extra scrutiny.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Edward Wong
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday evening that the Trump administration would work to "aggressively revoke" visas of Chinese students, including those with ties to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in "critical fields."He added that the State Department was revising visa criteria to "enhance scrutiny" of all future applications from China, including Hong Kong. The move is certain to send ripples of anxiety across university campuses in the United States.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Edward Wong
El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos está interrumpiendo temporalmente las entrevistas en el exterior con ciudadanos extranjeros que solicitan visas de estudiante y de intercambio, a medida que amplía el escrutinio de las publicaciones de los solicitantes en las redes sociales. La orden fue emitida por el secretario de Estado Marco Rubio en un cable fechado el martes que se envió a las embajadas y consulados estadounidenses.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Edward Wong
The State Department is temporarily halting interviews abroad with foreign citizens applying for student and exchange visas as it expands scrutiny of applicants' social media posts. The order was issued by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a cable dated Tuesday that went out to U.S. embassies and consulates. A State Department official confirmed on Tuesday that Mr. Rubio had given the order to pause new interview appointments until further guidance.
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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Edward Wong
“We all want to make deals,” Trump said in a recent interview with Time magazine. “But I am this giant store. It’s a giant, beautiful store, and everybody wants to go shopping there.”Trump may have something even bigger in mind involving Russia and China, and it would be the ultimate deal.
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