“In China, the government can control education, high schools, colleges, universities. We thought that the USA could be different," one student said.

“In China, the government can control education, high schools, colleges, universities. We thought that the USA could be different," one student said.

Chinese students say they’re questioning their decision to study in the U.S. after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the federal government will attempt to “aggressively” revoke their visas.

Rubio said Wednesday that Chinese students “with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields” would be targeted.

Chinese students who spoke to NBC News on Thursday said that they came to the U.S. for freedoms they felt they did not have back in China but that now the Trump administration is starting to resemble the strict regime they left behind.

  • frunch@lemmy.world
    181·
    4 days ago

    They have every right to say that about the US, though, and I am happy they can voice thier opinion. Unlike in China, where the government will happily throw you and your family behind bars for saying something even approaching a bad opinion of government action.

    I think the concern here could be that revoking visas might be a first step towards a more intolerant policy a la China as referenced above

    • obvs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      281·
      4 days ago

      You’re right.

      In the United States, you don’t have to even criticize the government to have your whole family thrown behind bars.

      The United States will happily rendition your whole family to the United States Concentration Camps in El Salvador just for being in the United States.

      The United States doesn’t imprison the people who hate the country. It imprisons the people who loved the country the most.