Pompeo defends graduate student crackdown as China cries ‘Cold War’

Published June 1, 2020 8:02pm ET



President Trump’s administration is trying to purge graduate students beholden to the Chinese Communist Party from acquiring sensitive research at American universities, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

“We will not tolerate [China’s] attempts to illicitly acquire American technology and intellectual property from our academic institution and research facilities for Chinese military ends,” Pompeo said in the wake of Trump’s decision to revoke some student visas.

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