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The US Congress Panel asks six universities in the United States to share data on students enrolled in scientific and technology programs.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry protested against a request from the US Congress of Congress this week for six universities in the United States to provide detailed information about Chinese students enrolled in modern science and technology programs.
The letters were sent on Thursday by John Molelear, chairman of the US Committee Committee Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, which claims that Beijing is embedding its students into the best research programs to gain access to sensitive technology.
In response, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning called on the United States to “stop overcoming the concept of national security” and to “protect the legal rights and interests of Chinese students” in the country.
Mao told reporters that Chinese students make up about 25 percent of all foreign students in the United States and contribute to his “economic prosperity and technological development”.
In recent years, American universities have widely welcomed Chinese students as a key source of funding, as they often pay full international training.
However, the increasing number of Chinese students alarmed MPs such as Moolenaar, who accused university administrators of threatening US research in exchange for higher revenue from training.
“Trojan horse”
Moolenaar said in its letter that the student's visa system has become a “Trojan horse” for Beijing, “providing unlimited access to our best research institutions and posing a direct threat to our national security.”
“The Chinese Communist Party has created a well -documented, systematic pipeline for incorporating researchers into leading US institutions, providing them with direct exposure to sensitive dual -use military applications,” Moolenaar's letter said.
Letters were sent to Carnegie Melon University, University of Partyu, Stanford University, the University of Illinois, the University of Maryland and the University of Southern California. They included requests for information on the sources of funding and the type of research conducted by Chinese students.
Requests also sought “Candidate, Fosterior and Enrollments in the Country” at universities.
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The letters follow the move earlier this week by Riley Moore's representative of West Virginia to stop Chinese citizens from receiving visas to study in the United States or attend exchange programs.
Moore introduced a bill known as the Congress's “Visa Visa Law”, although it is not expected to pass due to widespread opposition.
Critics say the bill is reminiscent of a Chinese exclusion law that limits Chinese immigration to the United States from 1882 to 1943.
Moore told NBC News that “it will never apologize for the protection of America's national interests against our largest geopolitical enemy.”
