Radio Free Asia By Gao Feng 11/4/2021
Dozens of Chinese researchers have been turned away over links to the People's Liberation Army and government.
China's foreign ministry has hit out at Washington after U.S. officials refused entry to dozens of its overseas students and visiting fellows with valid visas.
Foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said nearly 30 students and visiting scholars were repatriated following interrogation in August 2021, despite holding visas to enter the U.S.
"In August 2021 alone, nearly 30 Chinese students and visiting fellows to the U.S. suffered similar unjust treatment, with many more reporting rough handling during harassment, interrogation, and searches," Wang told a regular news briefing in Beijing on Nov. 3.
He said officials asked the students whether they or their parents were members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and whether they had been assigned any task by the Chinese government before leaving.
Wang said officials had taken cellphone snapshots of routine military training in colleges and universities as evidence of connections to China's People's Liberation Army (PLA).
"Such practices ... undermine mutual trust and cooperation [and] jeopardize the steady and healthy development of bilateral relations," Wang said.
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