Chinese FM spokesperson Mao Ning

In response to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's statement that the US will revoke visas for Chinese students, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday that the US' unjust revocation of Chinese students' visas under the pretext of ideology and national security has seriously undermined their legitimate rights and interests and disrupted normal people-to-people exchanges between the two countries. China firmly opposes this, Mao emphasized.

Mao said that China has lodged representations with the US side. This political and discriminatory action exposes the lies of freedom and openness that the US has consistently touted and will only further damage the US' international image and credibility, said Mao.

In a statement released on US Department of State on Wednesday, Rubio said that the State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese student, and revise visa criteria to enhance scrutiny of all future applications from China.


Global Times