Harvard chooses Chinese student as a commencement speaker in face of student visa crackdown

Published May 30, 2025 3:32pm ET



Harvard University chose Chinese student Yurong “Luanna” Jiang to speak at its spring commencement on Thursday as the Trump administration “aggressively” revokes Chinese student visas.

On the same day, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the Trump administration will “aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.”

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